The Ethereum Foundation, the nonprofit that supports the development of the entire Ethereum Blockchain, shares $ 32.6 million in the first quarter grants of 2025.
In a appointment update, the organization reported Spending on a variety of initiatives through the Ecosystem Support Program (ESP).
Categories include community and educational grants, zero-knowledge and cryptography. Other allocations include implementation layers, developer experiences and tools, layer-2 networks and general growth and ecosystem support.
The Ethereum Foundation is dedicated to education and community
Of the 101 grants awarded, 32 went to community and education -focused initiatives. Recipients include creators of educational content, conference organizers, bootcamp and hackathons such as Ethprague and Ethiopia.
Eleven projects dedicated to improving the experience and tooling of the developer. Beneficiaries include projects dedicated to creating software-development kits (SDK), developing analytics and tooling validator platforms.
Many projects respond to accessing the Ethereum Improvement Profosal (EIP), ecosystem tools and language support libraries.
In addition, 14 grants have been awarded projects in the category of cryptography and zero-knowledge proofs (ZK-Proofs). These projects focus on developing cryptographic techniques, developing ZK-proof technology and security research and post-quantum cryptography.
Meanwhile, the seven Give beneficiaries are focused on layer implementation projects, while the other focuses on the consensus layer. Nine Provide beneficiaries are dedicated to protocol, general growth and support.
An additional 13 grants fell under a “other” category, covering areas including decentralized finances, DAPPS, infrastructure and business development.
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Ethereum’s PECTRA upgrade is live on Mainnet
On May 7, Ethereum’s expectation PECTRA upgrade has lived. The update survived the Mainnet around 10:00 am UTC, beginning during the 364032 period. The upgrade included three EIPs, EIP-7702, EIP-7251 and EIP-7691.
The upgrade focuses on improving layer-2 scale data storage, validator user experience features and user experience experience features.
Since upgrading, Ether (Eth) Prices recover from a slump, reaching a 30-day high of $ 2,400 on May 9. At the time of writing, the crypto asset exchanged for $ 2,345.
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