Introducing the 2025 Academic Grants Round

The EF’s Ecosystem Funding Initiative team is proud to announce the launch of the 2025 Academic Grants Round, a pioneering initiative aimed at empowering and expanding the frontiers of Ethereum-related academic research. With a dedicated fund of $2 mil…

Announcing the 2024 Academic Grants Round Recipients

The Ecosystem Funding Initiative team is thrilled to announce the recipients of the 2024 Academic Grants Round! This round, we are proud to support 41 projects from researchers and institutions worldwide. These projects address fundamental challenges a…

Results from the Academic Grants Round 2022

We firmly believe that information is a public good that should be freely shared within the community. In line with this philosophy, in 2022 we initiated a series of grants to support academic research to foster knowledge and further enhance the Ethere…

Digital Repatriation

The following is an update from Next Billion Fellow Mulenga Kapwepwe and her initiative “Summitshare”. For more about the Next Billion Fellowship Program and to apply, please visit https://nxbn.ethereum.foundation/. Mulenga Kapwepwe, founder of the Wo…

Allocation Update – Q3 2024

Curious about the projects and community initiatives that were funded last quarter? Explore the Q3 grantees and their impactful work below:…

The ETH Rangers Program

The Protocol Security Research Team and the Ecosystem Funding Initiative at the Ethereum Foundation are proud to announce the launch of the ETH Rangers program to help incentivize Public Goods Security Work for the Ethereum Ecosystem….

Ethereum Protocol Attackathon is Live

The Protocol Security Research Team and the Ecosystem Funding Initiative at the Ethereum Foundation are pleased to announce the launch of the first Ethereum protocol Attackathon with a reward pool of $1,500,000, hosted by Immunefi. The attackathon runs…

Announcing the 2025 EF Internship Program!

The 2025 Ethereum Foundation internship applications are open! Both research and development teams have open positions. Applications close on December 9, 2024. The Ethereum Foundation is running its first formal summer internship program in 2025 aimed…

Mekong Testnet Announcement

After scoping the Pectra fork, a successful interop event and four devnets, we’re now launching the first short-lived Pectra testnet: Mekong! The Mekong testnet includes all the EIPs proposed for the upcoming Pectra fork on Ethereum. These changes inc…

The Devcon schedule is live!

Hi Ethereum frens, With just 13 days to go until Devcon, we’re amazed by how huge this year’s event will be! Our expected number of attendees has doubled since last time (12,000 vs. 6,000 in Bogotá), we have more than twice the number of Community Hub…

Meet the teams at the Devcon Impact Forum

Devcon community, We’re excited to introduce the teams joining us for the Devcon SEA Impact Forum. These areas in the Devcon venue are where you can meet contributors driving important Ethereum projects, explore the ecosystem, and connect with innovat…

Ethereum.org 2024 Translatathon recap

The 2nd edition of the ethereum.org Translatathon is in the books! This year, we saw 327 contributors translate an incredible 2.53 million words across 70 languages. Let’s look at the details:…

EcoDev Research Fellowship – Call for Applications

The EcoDev Research Team at the Ethereum Foundation is excited to announce the launch of five six-month research fellowship positions. This fellowship offers the opportunity for participants to dive deep into underexplored Ethereum use cases, identifyi…

4844 Data Challenge: Insights and Winners

In March 2024, the Ethereum network underwent a significant upgrade with the implementation of EIP-4844, an essential part of the Dencun hardfork, aimed at bolstering Ethereum’s role as a data availability layer. This upgrade introduced “blobs” of data…

Data Collection Grants Round

The Ecodev Coordinators team at EF announces the 11 recipients of the Data Collection grant round, with a total funding amount of 557,660 USD. After reviews, the winners were selected based on their innovative approaches to advancing data collection an…

The ethereum.org Translatathon is back

The ethereum.org Translatathon is back this August! This is your chance to contribute to the Ethereum ecosystem by translating Ethereum.org from English into your native language. Not only will you be helping to make Ethereum more accessible, but you’l…