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Society and education DeFi Security Summit A summit in Paris, France covering all aspects of DeFi security including auditing, tooling and mitigation, by exploring some of DeFi’s biggest exploits and diving into practical ways to increase code security coverage. Society and education DWeb Camp and the Global Fellows Program Internet Archive A five-day event aimed at tackling real-world challenges facing web3 and co-creating decentralized technologies of the future. Society and education ETHBarcelona Conference and hackathon in Barcelona, ​​Spain covering topics such as public goods, privacy and scalability. Society and education ETH Belgrade Conference and hackathon in Belgrade, Serbia covering topics such as zero knowledge (ZK), infrastructure, and Sizing. Society and education Ethereum Argentina Conference Conference in Buenos Aires, Argentina with beginner and advanced content on topics such as engagement, ZK, and Staking. Society and education Ethereum singapore Hackathon focused on social impact and conferences covering topics such as ZK and Layer 2S (L2s), held in Singapore. Society and education Ethereum Meeting Slovenia Meeting in Ljubljana, Slovenia to relaunch grassroots activities for the Ethereum Slovenia community. Society and education Ethereum Uruguay v3 event An event in Montevideo, Uruguay featuring developer talks and workshops covering topics such as public goods, web3 onboarding, Account extraction. Society and education I am bereaved Support the organization of Ethereum education and grassroots community activities in Malaysia, including conference, hackathon, meetups and hacker house. Society and education ETH LATAM Honduras Ether pain A conference to exchange knowledge, experiences and education on Ethereum in Latin America, to be organized in 2024 in Honduras. Society and education ETHprague The conference and hackathon in Prague, Czech Republic focused on the future of Ethereum and potential concepts or applications that do not yet exist. Society and education etherroma Hackathon in Rome, Italy focusing on governance and privacy techniques. Society and education ETH Warsaw Conference and hackathon in Warsaw, Poland focusing on topics such as security, L2sAnd Decentralized identity. Society and education Azimuth 2023 A workshop aimed at bringing together researchers working on Satisfaction Modular Theories (SMT) and users of SMT techniques and tools. Society and education Web3 Conference Lagos Web3Bridge Conference in Lagos, Nigeria covering topics such as Ethereum upgrades, public goods, and Account stripping. Society and education Web3Privacy Now A research project to work with the community on a framework for exploring, analyzing, and evaluating privacy in web3 protocols, decentralized applications, and services. Consensus layer Availability of research and development data sound echo Sampling data availability (DAS) Research and development work including developing a hardened prototype of S-Kademlia, writing the literature review and abstracts, and supporting other ongoing DAS grants. Consensus layer Distributed systems and/or formal verification research ConsenSys The distributed systems team you can rely on Research key areas of the Ethereum Protocol roadmap within the areas of formal verification and the design and analysis of distributed systems. Consensus layer Moral duties Tobias Wohland A self-hosted infrastructure tool that helps stakeholders and validators maintain an Ethereum node/client by providing an overview of the upcoming duties of active validators. github, Twitter Consensus layer Perform PEPC with PBS within the protocol Diego Estevez Implementation of proof of concept The proposed obligations imposed by the Protocol (PEPC) which allows auditors to enter into commitments with third parties, along with a vanilla version of the protocol Separating the proposer and the builder (PBS) So. Twitter Consensus layer MinRoot VDF Research Compensation of crypto experts for MinRoot security research was completed during the Verifiable Delay Function (VDF) event in Lyon, France. Consensus layer Nimbus consensus layer client condition Ongoing development of the Nimbus Compatibility Layer client, which includes maintaining performance and stability in the production signal chain, performing R&D on lightweight clients, and creating public documentation. Encryption and zero-knowledge proofs Anon Aadhaar SDK support Yannis Meziane Create a set of tools that improve the developer experience and enable any developer to integrate Anon Aadhaar circuit with Proof holds data (PCD) Software Development Kit (SDK). Encryption and zero-knowledge proofs small size Steve Wang Chiquito is a high-level, step-based Rust DSL (Pychiquito is Chiquito’s Python DSL) that provides better syntax and abstraction for constructing constraints and placing columns when writing blockchain circuits and has halo2 Backend, other backends are in the works. Encryption and zero-knowledge proofs Lambdadelta – Decentralized event feeding protocol com. reilgun Decentralized, peer-to-peer, permissionless, event feed that is anonymous and private. Library that implements the protocol and Proof of concept application The uses of the library will also be developed. Encryption and zero-knowledge proofs EfficiencyZKML Artem Gregor & George Weese Research to verify that the use of weightless neural networks in zero-knowledge machine learning (ZKML) use cases is a promising direction to follow. Encryption and zero-knowledge proofs EPFL Cryptography Research Group Support the cryptography research group at EPFL for one year, led by Associate Professor Alessandro Chiesa It includes two doctoral students and a postdoctoral researcher. Encryption and zero-knowledge proofs Hypernova Oscar Proof-of-concept implementation and technical writing for HyperNova, a new folding/accretion scheme similar to halo2 But for protocols based on verification of the amount. Encryption and zero-knowledge proofs Isocracy Prince Boulos A low-trust governance platform that uses free off-chain voting and frequent SNARKs to increase decentralization and reduce trust assumptions. Encryption and zero-knowledge proofs P-256 smart contract wallet with zk-SNARKs Richard Liu Expand Ethereum transaction signatures to include biometric authentication methods by developing a smart contract wallet with P-256 signature verification and on-chain verifier zk-SNARK. Encryption and zero-knowledge proofs A Rust implementation of interactive zero-knowledge protocols Badoo Labs Build open source Rust applications for multi-party computing core components, implementing the latest “Silent OT” protocol, i.e. Ferret. cable Encryption and zero-knowledge proofs Signal protocol Vivian Placencia Continuous development of Semaphore Command line interface, Website and documents, typicalAnd community support. github Encryption and zero-knowledge proofs UniRep protocol Continuing development of UniRep, working specifically on smart contract, circuits, public testing and other open issues. Encryption and zero-knowledge proofs Zeta function techniques Research on new pairing-based protocols such as Cached outputsand applied them to construct faster SNARKs for a few important widely used primitives. Encryption and zero-knowledge proofs ZK Circuits for ZK EigenTrust Continuous development of ZK EigenTrust,A reputation management algorithm for peer-to-peer networks using halo2 proof system. Encryption and zero-knowledge proofs ZKEmail Sora Sugami Email verification system using Zero-knowledge proofs (ZKPs), which developers can use to build various applications by designing the content of emails to be verified. Encryption and zero-knowledge proofs zkgit Hungry Cats Studio An end-user application that allows developers to prove, in ZK, that they have contributed to a GitHub repository. Encryption and zero-knowledge proofs zkMemory Orochi network Research, specification, and implementation of memory processing circuit restriction techniques for use in the context of ZKVMs. Encryption and zero-knowledge proofs ZKP2P Alex Song, Brian Wickman, Richard Liang& Sachin Kumar Untrusted peer-to-peer onramp that can be built on top of any web2 payment paths without permission from the payment network itself. Developer experience and tools Recovery pulse Andreas Tsmados, Constantine& Vijay Krishnavanshi A UX-friendly reference implementation framework for recovering smart contracts that includes the new Recovery Pulse architecture. Developer experience and tools rpcvm Leonard Mittman A fast and lightweight Golang package for transaction simulation and debugging with the ability to fork on the mainnet. Implementation layer The portal client is thin condition Ongoing development of the ultra-light Fluffy client for the Portal Network, with the goal of enabling resource-constrained devices to access and contribute to the Ethereum network without the need for full state synchronization. Implementation layer It doesn’t matter Training program 2023 Support Nethermind’s internal training program, focusing on core protocol contributors. Implementation layer Nimbus implementation layer client condition Continuous development of the Nimbus implementation layer client, staying in production by improving performance and stability as well as performing R&D on light clients and creating public documentation. Growth and public support Kibo attackers Ether pain The program that provides Staking Resources, education and guidance in Spanish to support Latin American communities and individuals who want to run their own nodes and authentications. Sedition, e-mail General research Academic Scholarship Round Grants are about funding formal research aimed at creating more knowledge about Ethereum, blockchain technology, and related fields. Indirect financing ETHDam’s Quadrant Funding Round A four-way funding round for projects built during ETHdamHackathon. Indirect financing Ethereum Honduras Quadrant Funding Round The four-way financing round it organized Ethereum Honduras For public benefit projects. Layer 2 Beaconcha.in Petfly An open source Ethereum explorer that simplifies data and makes it accessible to non-technical users, while advancing the existing user experience standard for explorers. last mevboost. pics Tony Wahrstatter A dashboard containing charts and visuals for the Relay, Builder, and Proposal views. last Manage the source of trusted credentials Spherical An open source, general-purpose, Ethereum-based implementation standard for trusted issuer ledgers. Protocol growth and support Account stripping grant round Grant round to encourage development, research and education around Account stripping and the infrastructure needed to support it. Protocol growth and support Sapphire test network pk910 & Remy Roy Automated test network remapping which allows creating a single test infrastructure consisting of ephemeral networks with deterministic parameters. Protocol growth and support KZG Concert Giving Tour A round of grants to support Ethereum KZG ceremony. Protocol growth and support mev-rs implementation support OnlyDust Support the OnlyDust community for contributions to mev-rs. Protocol growth and support Summer of protocols An 18-week program designed to stimulate wide-ranging and wide-ranging exploration of the rapidly evolving world of protocols. Protocol growth and support Verkle tries to support implementation OnlyDust Support OnlyDust community contributors for their work on Verkle tries to execute to Hyperledger BSO.