Ethereum’s Q4 2022 Supplement Powers the Global Blockchain Revolution – Cryptopolitan
Ethereum, the world’s second largest cryptocurrency, has announced its grantees for the fourth quarter of 2022. With over 50 projects across various categories, the foundation invests in the future of blockchain technology and fosters global communities that share its vision.
The grantees, ranging from community education programs to cryptography research, will use the funding to promote Ethereum’s growth and contribute to its continued success.
Community and Education: Supporting Blockchain development worldwide
Ethereum invests in a wide range of social and educational projects. The scholarship recipients include eSatya, a Nepali organization that hosts free meetings and a blockchain course aimed at familiarizing Nepali developers with the key elements of blockchain through project-based learning.
CryptoStats, a community-driven project, provides neutral cryptometrics and develops tools to collect data and build websites that visualize the data in practical ways for the community.
Other recipients include Devcon Satellite Events Grants, Ethereum Honduras, Ethereum San Diego Meetups and Tech4Democracy Bogotá, among many others.
Consensus Layers: Building a Stronger Foundation for Ethereum
The foundation is also investing in the development of its consensus layer, a fundamental component of the network that ensures the integrity and security of transactions.
The grantees in this category include Codex, which is researching, modeling and simulating a double-layer Kademlia protocol for data availability sampling (DAS), and Metacraft Labs, which is developing ZK circuits to verify claims regarding the current state of Ethereum, supported by the signatures of all The Ethereum Validator Kit.
These ZK circuits will then be used in light client smart contracts. Other receivers include Open Zeppelin, Sigma Prime and Puffer.
Cryptography and Zero-Knowledge Proofs: Securing Ethereum’s Future
Cryptography and zero-knowledge proof are critical components of Ethereum’s security and privacy. Grantees in this category include Modulus Labs, which is creating a whitepaper that provides comprehensive guidance on choosing ZK proofs for given AI use cases, and BlockWallet, which is building a privacy-focused, non-custodial browser extension wallet that enables users to store funds and interact with blockchain applications private.
Other beneficiaries include Uncloak, which is building a knowledge base for cryptography, and Zero-Knowledge Machine Learning (zkML), which is developing a platform for machine learning developers to quickly convert their models trained in Tensorflow and PyTorch to a ZK-compliant one.
Developer experience and tools: Making Ethereum more accessible
Ethereum invests in the development of tools and resources that make the network more accessible to developers and users.
The grantees in this category include Hazim Jumali and John Rising, who are offering prizes for independent revisions and contributions to a modular Go implementation of an ERC-4337 Bundler, and Protofire, who are building Solhint, a Solidity linter that enables Solidity developers writing standardized smart contract code through improved code quality, order, readability, style guides, preventing known errors and providing security alerts.
Other recipients include 0xAA, which provides free, open source and community-reviewed tutorials on Ethereum development in Mandarin Chinese, and Dragan Rakita, which develops an easy-to-integrate and use Rust implementation of EVM.
