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Community and EducationBlockchainForSchoolsSponsored by BlockchainsForHacks, an idea challenge for high school and college students looking to create innovative projects using blockchain technology.Cryptography and zero-knowledge proofshubbleOngoing funding for work on the Optimistic Rollup Hub, which allows you to create rollup chains simply by writing Solidity functions.Cryptography and zero-knowledge proofsZkopru (zk-optimistic rollup)A layer 2 scaling solution for private trading using zk-SNARKs and optimistic rollups. Github: https://github.com/zkopru-network/zkopruCryptography and zero-knowledge proofsdark forestGame theory research completed by a group of Stanford students on how to use zk-SNARK to build an “imperfect information” environment where users can submit verifiably valid work publicly while remaining private. Dark Forest was created to demonstrate the capabilities of this framework to create complex environments and strategic dynamics in decentralized games.Cryptography and zero-knowledge proofsSemaphore RLNHow to prevent spam when using Semaphore, a zero-knowledge gadget for anonymous membership verification. The Rate Limiting Nullifier (RLN) reveals the private keys of accounts signaling above an acceptable rate, which can be used to remove other members from the group.Cryptography and zero-knowledge proofsETH SummerA program for students to learn about and build on Ethereum. 4byte.Directory.Cryptography and zero-knowledge proofsAztecwork continues boom boomIncludes Ultra-PLONK offer Browse gate; Domain-specific language and compiler development; And the prover upgrade.Cryptography and zero-knowledge proofsBlind Finder v1Allow P2P networks Private peer discovery: One user can find another user through a provable path between multiple peers without revealing any information about the connection.Cryptography and zero-knowledge proofsQuadratic Dollar Home PageSmart contracts and web UI for the Quadratic Dollar homepage Million Dollar Homepage. Users decide the importance of images on a web page through a secondary vote. Minimal collusion prevention infrastructure (MACI) Collusion Resistance.Developer Experience and ToolstodayHardhat improvements (Formerly known as Builder) is a development environment for compiling, deploying, testing, and debugging Ethereum software. nomic labs.Developer Experience and Toolsformize.ethWe have verified compilers from a subset of Vyper written in Coq to YUL.Developer Experience and ToolsIPLD, object signing and encryptionCo-funded with Protocol Labs: Research textile and 3 boxes Cryptographically protects data in IPLD, a linked data framework used by IPFS to enable scalable and interactive dapps using both IPFS and Ethereum.Ethereum 1.xWeb3 LabThrough continuous maintenance and improvement Web3j library Includes Solidity library dependency management, smart contract migration support, Web3j Solidity debugger improvements and IntelliJ/Android Studio integration, and Eth2 support.Ethereum 1.xwhite blockTestnet and experiments to understand the impact of implementing EIP-1559, including larger block sizes, reduced call data gas costs, and/or increased gas limits, including uncle ratio and block propagation time.Ethereum 1.xOpen EthereumMaintenance and development of OpenEthereum, which acquired the Parity client. gnosis.Ethereum 1.ximapTests involving the creation and deployment of a set of sample programs on a variety of machines, operating systems, and EVMs to estimate gas costs and dependencies on EVM computations, with the goal of addressing disproportionate gas costs for EVM instructions.Ethereum 2.0bit flywork continues beaconcha.in, an open source eth2 block explorer that supports eth2 testnet. Github: https://github.com/gobitfly/eth2-beaconchain-explorerindirect financingMetacartel DAOContribute to DAO-funded micro-grants and mentorship for post-hackathon teams and early-stage teams.indirect financingGitcoin CLRCLR matching for rounds 6-8.layer 2auction burningA censorship-resistant block creation mechanism for optimistic rollups where the rights to create new blocks are auctioned off to whoever is willing to burn the most ETH.layer 2status channelOngoing development of state channels, including auditing, server wallets, SDKs, improved documentation, and mainnet implementation.layer 2fuel labFurther development of fuel optimistic roll-up.layer 2connectionA framework that enables cross-chain communication using state channels.user experienceleast privilegethanks GSN v2 contract.user experienceEIP 1559 research and developmentDual grant for EIP-1559 multi-signature to support Community-level effortsand ConsenSys For coordination of research and development.