The Ethereum Foundation, Non -Profit, which supports the development in Ethereum Blockchain, separated $ 32.6 million in subsidies in the first quarter of 2025.
In the allocation update of the organization Reported Expenses for various initiatives through the Ecosystem Support Program (ESP).
The categories included social and educational subsidies, zero knowledge and cryptography. Other allocations included layers of performance, experience and programmers’ tools, layer networks 2 as well as general growth and ecosystem support.
Ethereum Foundation focuses on education and community
Of the 101 grant 32, community and education -oriented initiatives went. The recipients were the creators of educational content, conference organizers, Bootcamps and Hackatons such as Ethprague and Ethiopia.
Sixteen projects focused on improving the experience and instrumentation of programmers. Beneficiaries included projects focusing on creating software development sets (SDK), analytical platforms and validation instrumentation.
Several projects concerned the proposals for improvements Ethereum (EIP) availability, ecosystem tools and language support libraries.
In addition, 14 subsidies were awarded to projects in the category of cryptography and zero knowledge (ZK-resistant). These projects focused on developing cryptographic techniques, building ZK resistant technology and studying safety and cryptography after quarter.
Meanwhile, seven subsidies beneficiaries focus on designs of execution layer, and another seven focuses on the layer of consensus. Nine subsidies beneficiaries focused on the protocol, general growth and support.
An additional 13 subsidies were in the “different” category, including areas, including decentralized finances, DAPPS, Stablecoin infrastructure and business development.
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The update of Pectra Ethereum lives on the mainnet
On May 7, it was long awaited by Pectra Ethereum. The update was launched on Mainnet around 10:00 UTC, starting with EPoch 364032. The update included three EIP, which are EIP-7702, EIP-7251 and EIP-7691.
The upgrade will focus on improving the storage of layer scaling data, improvements in Validator user service and service service in the field of Clever Conta account support.
Since the update of the price, Ether (ETH) has recovered from a breakdown, reaching a 30-day highest level of USD 2,24 on May 9. At the time of writing, cryptocurrency assets amounted to USD 2345.
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