Ecosystem Support Program: Allocation Update, Q1 2020

developer experience2 of 2 scorched earthDecentralized system for P2P content proposals utilizing the “Two Of Two Scorched Earth” reward/punishment system proposal Vitalik Buterin encourages sharing high-quality content. The goal of this project is to demonstrate the usefulness of this scheme for a variety of applications by providing a proof-of-concept implementation on the mainnet.developer experienceE-SWORKSMaintenance and improvement of Waffle, a library for writing and testing smart contracts. Grant goals include ENS integration, expanded documentation, and the addition of dynamic simulations.https://github.com/EthWorks/Waffledeveloper experiencePOA networkArbitrary Message Bridge can transfer tokens between two EVM-based chains as well as relay any data or call contracts. For example, calling methods on the Ethereum mainnet from the POA network or quorum chain. The grant to POA Network will be used to expand AMB’s capabilities, create demos, and prepare for 2.0 support.https://www.poa.network/Ethereum 1.0nethermindWe’ve renewed funding for Nethermind to battle-test the Nethermind 1.x client, launch beam sync, and make performance improvements to increase miner adoption.https://nethermind.io/Ethereum 1.0SDK bowlTasit SDK is a JavaScript framework for building native Ethereum mobile dapps using React Native, with a focus on user experience and easy onboarding.https://github.com/tasitlabs/tasitsdkEthereum 2.0Fast binary field FFTData Availability We implement a fast binary field FFT needed to estimate the difficulty of root computation. We conduct further investigation into whether it is better to use 16-bit fields versus 64-bit fields, taking into account special CPU support for the latter.Ethereum 2.0LighthouseOngoing funding for Sigma Prime to develop the Lighthouse staking client written in Rust for the Ethereum 2.0 network. Lighthouse v0.11.1 testnet is live and a user-facing testnet will be released soon.https://github.com/sigp/lighthouseEthereum 2.0lodestarContinued funding of Chainsafe’s work on Eth2 light client R&D within the Lodestar JavaScript client and further development of libraries, tools and educational resources to support the Eth2 JS/web browser ecosystem. An audit of key components of Lodestar was recently released. published.https://chainsafe.io/Ethereum 2.0cloudWe continue to fund Status for development of the Nimbus client for Ethereum 2.0. Nimbus is designed to work well in embedded systems and personal mobile devices, including older smartphones with resource-constrained hardware. Nimbus is Almost v0.11.1 testnet release.https://nimbus.team/Ethereum 2.0VDF Sustaining FinancingWe seek to better understand the “delay” part of the Verifiable Delay Function (VDF), a study led by renowned complexity theorist Ryan Williams on the sequentiality assumptions of RSA-based VDFs, namely the verifiable delay function (VDF) that underlies Eth2’s unbiased randomness. The work funded by this grant specifically aims to prove the information-theoretic lower bound for modular exponentiation.indirect financingGitcoin BountiesFunds for community managed bounties that contribute to the development of the Ethereum ecosystem.https://gitcoin.colayer 2plasma chamberCryptoeconomics Labs is working on the production-ready implementation of a plasma chamber based on: O.V.M.. Expected grant outcomes include testnet deployment of the OVM contract, a Plasma wallet, and a developer portal with tools and documentation.https://www.cryptoeconomicslab.com/user experienceENS Sustaining FundingOngoing development of the Ethereum Name Service, including full DNS namespace integration using ENS and IPFS to store and serve DNS names Multi-coin support; ENS website and administrator improvements; Advocacy and Promotion.https://ens.domains/