Allocation Update: Q3 and Q4 2021

Community and EducationWeb3 LagosA conference in Lagos, Nigeria covering a variety of topics including the transition from Web2 to Web3.Community and EducationBlockchain FellowshipEsatiaIt is a three-month online course that aims to familiarize Nepalese developers with the core elements of blockchain technology through training and project-based learning.Community and EducationEthereum Eje Cafetero MeetingEthereum Coffee AxisCommunity conversations and gatherings in Colombia’s coffee region.Community and EducationETH CubaStart growing your community in Cuba.Community and EducationEthereum MedellinTo PlatoheadCommunity development in Medellín, Colombia.Community and EducationEthereum TegucigalpaSupport the development of the Ethereum community in Honduras, including meetups, developer events, and Spanish-language Ethereum content.Community and Education0xPARCThis is an organization that supports applied cryptography research and development.Community and EducationETH GlobalA virtual and in-person hackathon focused on building the Ethereum developer community through learning opportunities and hands-on support for hackers.Community and EducationElectronic Frontier FoundationA non-profit organization dedicated to promoting digital privacy, freedom of expression, and innovation.Community and Educationfight for the futureA grassroots activist group fighting for a future where technology is a force for liberation rather than oppression.Community and EducationCoin CenterA non-profit organization that promotes a rational regulatory approach to cryptocurrency technology through research, advocacy, and policymaker education.consensus layerLighthouse subsidy until April 2022sigma primeOngoing development of the Lighthouse consensus client.consensus layerLodestar, light client and JS toolchain safeWe continue to develop the Lodestar JS consensus client with the goals of light client R&D, improved tooling and documentation, and merge preparation.consensus layerprism clientPrism LabOngoing development of the Prysm consensus client.consensus layerStereo Q4 2021rock logicWe will continue to develop a Stereum “one-click installer” for solo stakers so that they can install the Beacon Chain client and dependencies in a single setup, while supporting all production clients on testnet and mainnet.consensus layerEthStakerOngoing support for ETHStaker, a community group that promotes and supports Ethereum staking through education, advocacy, technical support, tools, etc. Funding of mainnet ETHStaker validators to be used for demos, client metrics, etc.consensus layerDelayed investigation of applied Boolean functionsMoscow State University, Faculty of Computational Mathematics and CyberneticsWe investigate circuit latency bounds, an important security consideration for verifiable delay functions.consensus layerDiscV5 researchdatahopResearch and optimization of the DiscV5 service discovery mechanism The current goal is to publish a report containing a performance evaluation of the proposed mechanism and an assessment of its resistance to attacks.consensus layerSSZ simple serializationOngoing development of ssz.dev, a website that documents and demonstrates the SSZ serialization standard, including visualization playgrounds and React-based SSZ implementations.Cryptography and zero-knowledge proofsIdentity, reputation and ZKP researchjustin martinDeveloping evidence for cryptographically verifiable truth claims, such as ownership of web2 IDs or government-issued credentials.Cryptography and zero-knowledge proofsPrediction Market for Content CurationJanmajaya MallA content sharing platform demonstrating the use of prediction market mechanisms for collaborative curation.Cryptography and zero-knowledge proofszkEVM research and developmentYing Thong Lai, electric coin companyContribute to related research and development zkEVM A project that aims to build both a zk rollup that directly supports smart contracts and a validity proof for EVM that can verify the entire history of Ethereum with a single proof.Cryptography and zero-knowledge proofsMaci: Coordinator ServicesChao MaAPI to manage like Generate proofs using messages signed with the coordinator’s private key, a simpler and more extensible interface that allows users to construct correct proofs by running commands in the cli.Developer Experience and ToolsObsidian on EthereumCarnegie Mellon University Department of Computer ScienceOngoing research and proof-of-concept development by a group of students and faculty at Carnegie Mellon University Department of Computer Science To demonstrate its core features obsidian The smart contract language can be successfully translated to Ethereum.Developer Experience and Toolsofficial verification contract libraryOpen Zeppelinformal verification Check OpenZeppelin’s template contract library for commonly used components and standards.Developer Experience and ToolsZK Rollup and L2 Developer ToolsRyodanLayer 2 and zk rollup operations, including zk rollup design Remove transaction history data for contract execution zkCloudis a service that aims to help developers more easily write smart contracts and programs using zero-knowledge proofs.execution layerlow level optimization Big int Library for IPA basic field calculationsDei Arne OsvikAn optimized fieldwork library in Go to replace Go’s bigint library in Verkle tree implementations for improved performance after switching from KZG to IPA commitment scheme.layer 2L2BeatMaintenance and expansion of L2BEAT, a website providing statistics, analysis, and risk factors for comparison between layer 2 scaling solutions.differentDeparture orbitInfrastructure for recording the distribution and evaluation of actual works.user experiencew3a.ioA42 Co., Ltd.Ethereum-based authentication and authorization for use on physical devices.