We are today unveiling over $2M USD in Foundation-led and co-funded grant funding aimed at furthering Serenity (Eth2.0) development as we move nearer to the launch of the Beacon Chain.
Eth2.0 Client Grants
In recent months, the Ethereum Foundation granted substantial awards to leading client development teams currently tasked with delivering long-standing multi-client testnets as development approaches the launch of Phase 0.
We are proud to announce the recipients of those grants.
Harmony
Award: $189k for Harmony beacon chain development
Prysmatic Labs
Award: $725k for Prysm client development
Sigma Prime
Award: $485k for Lighthouse client development
*Co-funded by: Ethereum Foundation & ConsenSys
Status
Award: $500k for Nimbus client development
Networking
Status
Award: $150K for nim-libp2p development
*Co-funded by: Ethereum Foundation & Protocol Labs
Status’ Nimbus team is building a native nim-language implementation of libp2p for use in Nimbus and other projects. Further, the team aims to create an implementation suitable for resource-restricted devices.
Whiteblock
Award: $184K
*Co-funded by: Ethereum Foundation & ConsenSys
Whiteblock is funded to continue Eth2.0 network testing and testnet/interoperability support. Whiteblock will analyze the libp2p gossipsub implementation, continue to work with implementors to help refine the networking stack and specification, and advance interoperability efforts.
Research and Development
Dmitry Khovratovich
Award: $10K
Dmitry Khovratovich, an expert cryptanalyst, is funded to produce a report regarding the security of the Legendre PRF (as described by Grassi et al.) and the proof-of-custody scheme intended to be used in Phase 1 of Eth2.0.
Chainsafe
Award: $217.5K for Lodestar light-client and javascript development
Chainsafe is working on Eth2.0 light-client R&D within their Lodestar javascript client along with continuing to provide support to the Eth2.0 JS/web-browser ecosystem by developing…
