How The Merge Impacts Ethereum’s Application Layer
Ethereum’s transition to proof of stake – The Merge – is near: devnets are being stood up, specifications are being finalized and community outreach has begun in earnest. The Merge…
Read More »Update on the partnership between EF and UNICEF
How it started, how far we’ve come, what’s next – Since 2019, we have supported UNICEF’s CryptoFund with recurring contributions, and we are excited about our most recent donation too….
Read More »Finalized no. 32
the Ethereum consensus-layer – tl;dr Kintsugi🍵 in progress – testnet to come Stakers must upgrade for Arrow Glacier Kintsugi🍵 in progress At the start of November, the Kintsugi🍵 month-long Merge…
Read More »Announcing Grants for Advocacy Non-Profits
The Ethereum Foundation is allocating 1 million USD in grant funding to organizations that educate governments and policymakers about Ethereum and blockchain technology. We encourage others in the Ethereum community…
Read More »Arrow Glacier Upgrade Announcement
The Ethereum network will be undergoing a scheduled upgrade at block number 13,773,000, which is predicted to occur on Wednesday, December 8, 2021. The exact date is subject to change…
Read More »Allocation Update: Q2 2021
It’s that time again – our Q2 grantee lineup is coming right up. But before we get to that: ESP is hiring a Team Lead! We’re looking for someone organized,…
Read More »Announcing Devcon Archive V2
Community focused and decentralized – Devcon is coming in 2022 (along with something new 🤫), but ahead of our next event updates, we invite you to check out a completely…
Read More »Finalized no. 31
the Ethereum consensus-layer – This issue of Finalized is dedicated to the contextualization of a recently published paper describing three possible attacks on Ethereum’s proof-of-stake algorithm. tl;dr These are serious…
Read More »Grantee Roundup: September 2021
It’s always fun to hear about new grants as they’re awarded, but what happens after the announcement? In this series, we’ll check in on a couple of projects that are…
Read More »Finalized no. 30
the Ethereum consensus-layer – tl;dr Altair is fast approaching. Upgrade your nodes! Now! 🚨Upgrade to Altair before Oct 27🚨 As mentioned in the previous Finalized post, Altair is scheduled to…
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