Q2 Allocation Update

Hello again! We’re back to share the grants that went out over the second quarter of 2020 – but first, some ESP updates from the last few months: We’re writing about grants today, but grants are not the only kind of support ESP can offer! We recently …

Bitcoin: A Novel Economic Institution

We analyze Bitcoin’s behavior in relation to the four economic assurances and explain why we believe Bitcoin is designed to replace a trust-based model.

Bitcoin: A Novel Economic Institution

We analyze Bitcoin’s behavior in relation to the four economic assurances and explain why we believe Bitcoin is designed to replace a trust-based model.

eth2 quick update no. 15

Farmer minds his crops An optimistic outlook The fields are aflame tl;dr Medalla chugging along smoothly Client diversity is a must eth1+eth2 (Phase 1.5 aka The Merge) end-to-end demo Testing and audits continue as we approach Phase 0 launch Medal…

The Stateless Tech Tree: reGenesis Edition

This week we’re revising the Tech Tree to reflect some new major milestones to Ethereum 1.x R&D that are not quite a complete realization of Stateless Ethereum, but much more reasonably attainable in the mid-term. The most significant addition to the t…

ESP: Beyond Grants

Since transitioning into the Ecosystem Support Program from EF Grants, we’ve talked about defining “support” more comprehensively, thinking beyond simple grant funding. But what does a more comprehensive definition of support actually mean? In practic…