{"id":17916,"date":"2026-03-04T09:13:51","date_gmt":"2026-03-04T09:13:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cryptoted.net\/index.php\/2026\/03\/04\/allocation-update-q1-and-q2-2022\/"},"modified":"2026-03-04T09:13:51","modified_gmt":"2026-03-04T09:13:51","slug":"allocation-update-q1-and-q2-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cryptoted.net\/index.php\/2026\/03\/04\/allocation-update-q1-and-q2-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"Allocation Update: Q1 and Q2 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"


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\n\nCommunity & education<\/td>\nBlockchain Pachuca Meetup<\/a><\/td>\nBlockchain Pachuca<\/a><\/td>\nFirst meetup for a community group based in Pachuca, Mexico that studies Ethereum dApps.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nCommunity & education<\/td>\ncity3 Quadratic Funding Experiments<\/td>\ncity3<\/a><\/td>\nImplementation of quadratic funding experiments in Oakland, California.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nCommunity & education<\/td>\nCryptist<\/a><\/td>\n\nOne-day conference exploring ZK technology and the Ethereum ecosystem, held in Istanbul, Turkey.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nCommunity & education<\/td>\nDAO Drops<\/a><\/td>\ndOrg<\/a><\/td>\nSupport to execute the first round of DAO Drops, a retroactive public goods funding experiment that leverages on-chain data to empower participants to make fund allocation decisions.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nCommunity & education<\/td>\ndApp Learning<\/a><\/td>\n\nProject-based learning repo that enables developers with basic skills to learn dApp development using actively used OS contracts, taught in English and Mandarin Chinese.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nCommunity & education<\/td>\nETHBarcelona<\/a><\/td>\n\nCommunity-led conference in Barcelona, Spain focusing on education, innovation, art, and creating positive social impact.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nCommunity & education<\/td>\nETHEcuador Meetup: Blockchain and the Future of Ethereum<\/a><\/td>\nWorkingUp<\/a><\/td>\nMeetup in Quito, Ecuador covering an introduction to blockchain and the future of Ethereum.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nCommunity & education<\/td>\nLatAm Road to Devcon Community Support<\/td>\nAna Bel\u00e9n<\/a><\/td>\nMonthly in-person meetups, weekly virtual talks in Spanish educating participants about Ethereum, and support with community activations during Devcon VI.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nCommunity & education<\/td>\nEthereum Tegucigalpa<\/a><\/td>\n\nSupport for Ethereum community development in Honduras including meetups, developer events, and Ethereum content in Spanish.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nCommunity & education<\/td>\nETHWarsaw Meetups<\/a><\/td>\nETHWarsaw<\/a><\/td>\nMonthly in-person meetups leading up to ETHWarsaw\u2019s hackathon in September 2022. Attendees can learn from web3 engineers, exchange ideas, and network with like-minded blockchain enthusiasts.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nCommunity & education<\/td>\nGovernance Learning Forum 2022<\/a><\/td>\nOther Internet<\/a> & Orca<\/a><\/td>\nTwo-day virtual governance summit bringing together web3 governance practitioners and experts on governance and coordination beyond the crypto ecosystem.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nCommunity & education<\/td>\nDevconnect<\/td>\nH.E.R DAO<\/a><\/td>\nEthereum-based talks for womxn and other newcomers entering web3.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nCommunity & education<\/td>\nH.E.R. DAO LATAM Meetups and Events<\/a><\/td>\nH.E.R DAO<\/a><\/td>\nMonthly in-person meetups hosted across Mexico and weekly virtual talks catered towards womxn. Topics such as the basics of web3, using L2s, and smart contracts will be covered.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nCommunity & education<\/td>\nOpen-Source Turkish Smart Contract Developer Course<\/a><\/td>\nITU Blockchain<\/a><\/td>\nOpen-source and free smart contract developer course in Turkish, teaching topics such as Solidity basics, frontend and dApp development, and security.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nCommunity & education<\/td>\nQuadratic Funding at ETHBarcelona<\/a><\/td>\nETHBarcelona<\/a><\/td>\nQuadratic funding at ETHBarcelona to support projects from the local community and fund public goods.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nCommunity & education<\/td>\nQuadratic Funding at ETHPrague<\/a><\/td>\nETHPrague<\/a><\/td>\nQuadratic funding at ETHPrague to support projects from the local community and fund public goods.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nCommunity & education<\/td>\nQuadratic Funding Rounds in Taiwan<\/td>\nTaiwan Association for Blockchain Ecosystem Innovation<\/a><\/td>\nRunning quadratic funding rounds for the Taiwan Presidential Hackathon<\/a> and MeetTaipei’s<\/a> WAGMI pitch.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nCommunity & education<\/td>\nSpanish Ethereum Developer Program<\/a><\/td>\nPlatzi Academy<\/a><\/td>\nThree-month program in Spanish teaching developers how to create their first dApps through online courses, live classes, group mentoring, and community events.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nCommunity & education<\/td>\nThe DAOist Meetups<\/td>\nThe DAOist<\/a><\/td>\nLocal meetups in native languages to discuss and learn about topics including governance, coordination, and DAOs.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nCommunity & education<\/td>\nUETH<\/a> Chinese Community & Education Program<\/td>\nUnitimes<\/td>\nEthereum education platform targeted towards the Chinese community, with a focus on community building, course development, connecting Ethereum with Chinese enterprises, and promoting Chinese government recognition of Ethereum.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nConsensus layer<\/td>\nAccount Abstraction (EIP-4337)<\/a><\/td>\nAlexander Forshtat<\/a>, Shahaf Nacson<\/a>, and Dror Tirosh<\/a><\/td>\nIndependent team working on EIP-4337: Account Abstraction via Entry Point Contract Specification<\/a>, which circumvents the need for consensus layer protocol changes.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nConsensus layer<\/td>\nBeacon Chain Network Stress Testing<\/td>\nCryptoManufaktur<\/a><\/td>\nBeacon chain network stress and scenario tests on cloud instances distributed across the globe. Initial development will assess viability, refine test tooling, and formulate a methodology for subsequent larger tests.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nConsensus layer<\/td>\nLighthouse<\/a><\/td>\nSigma Prime<\/a><\/td>\nContinued development of the Lighthouse consensus client.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nConsensus layer<\/td>\nLodestar Consensus Client<\/a><\/td>\nChainsafe<\/a><\/td>\nContinued development of the Lodestar consensus client, with a focus on light client R&D and JavaScript ecosystem tooling.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nConsensus layer<\/td>\nPrysm Consensus Client<\/a><\/td>\nPrysmatic Labs<\/a><\/td>\nContinued development of the Prysm consensus client.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nConsensus layer<\/td>\nStereum<\/a><\/td>\nRock Logic<\/a><\/td>\nContinued development of Stereum, which enables solo stakers to install a beacon chain client and dependencies in a single setup with support for all production clients on testnet and mainnet.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nCryptography & zero knowledge proofs<\/td>\nBattleZips<\/a><\/td>\n\nZK arithmetic circuit implementation for an on-chain battleship game.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nCryptography & zero knowledge proofs<\/td>\nBuilding a ZKP Second Brain<\/td>\nFormula Zero<\/a><\/td>\nSupport for publishing a series of ZK proof articles in the Zettelkasten method.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nCryptography & zero knowledge proofs<\/td>\nDifferential Privacy and ZK Proofs Research<\/td>\nGonzalo Munilla Garrido<\/a><\/td>\nResearch in the field of privacy-enhancing technologies which seeks to bridge the gap between their theoretical specifications and the implementation of data sharing and analytics applications on Ethereum.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nCryptography & zero knowledge proofs<\/td>\nGitcoin GR13 ZK Tech Side Round<\/td>\nGitcoin<\/a><\/td>\nSupport for Gitcoin\u2019s GR13 ZK Tech side round, which focused on funding ZK applications, tooling, open-source contributions, and projects improving the usability of ZK technology.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nCryptography & zero knowledge proofs<\/td>\nProofs, Arguments, and Zero Knowledge Study Group<\/a><\/td>\nZKHack<\/a><\/td>\nZKHack\u2019s education group to implement a suite of ZK cryptographic protocols in Rust and Python.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nCryptography & zero knowledge proofs<\/td>\n\nTLS Notary<\/a><\/td>\nBrowser add-on which allows users to prove that HTTPS requests and responses originated from a given certificate subject through secure sockets layer (SSL) and transport layer security (TLS) cryptography.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nCryptography & zero knowledge proofs<\/td>\nZK Circuit Performance and Security Data on Ethereum<\/a><\/td>\nBrian Wilkes<\/a><\/td>\nData collection on the performance and security characteristics of ZK circuits being verified on Ethereum, with the goal of displaying pertinent circuit information within chain explorer tools like Otterscan<\/a>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nCryptography & zero knowledge proofs<\/td>\nZK-Keeper<\/a><\/td>\n\nBrowser plugin which enables ZK identity management and proof generation. Improving its functionality creating a Firefox version, enhancing UI\/UX, and getting it ready for production.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nCryptography & zero knowledge proofs<\/td>\nZK Proofs for Neural Net Classification and Accuracy<\/td>\n\nProject to design and implement ZK proofs for neural net classification, which would allow the owner of a neural net to reveal classifications or detections produced by a model from their private information without having to disclose that private information.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nDeveloper experience & tooling<\/td>\n\nBuidlGuidl<\/a><\/td>\nSupport for BuidlGuidl, a developer community and series of educational initiatives focused on onboarding developers to Ethereum.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nDeveloper experience & tooling<\/td>\n\nFlorida State University Foundation<\/a><\/td>\nR&D on coverage and automated test case generation for Solidity smart contracts.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nDeveloper experience & tooling<\/td>\nMerge Client Combination Testing<\/td>\nSea Monkey<\/a><\/td>\nExtensive testing of all execution and consensus layer client pairs leading up to The Merge.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nDeveloper experience & tooling<\/td>\nNode Launcher<\/a><\/td>\nDecentralized Authority<\/a><\/td>\nOpen-source node deployment engine written in TypeScript that enables the easy creation of node deployment applications, with the goal of supporting all major execution and consensus layer clients.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nDeveloper experience & tooling<\/td>\nPython-Simulation Engine & Testing Suite<\/td>\n\nDevelopment of Python contract testing tool with a full suite of functionalities to serve as a primary testing library or companion to Hardhat<\/a>\/Foundry<\/a> with optimized backtesting and parallelized chain simulations.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nDeveloper experience & tooling<\/td>\nSolidiKeY – Solidity Asset Flow Verification at Scale<\/td>\nChalmers University of Technology<\/a><\/td>\nSolidity verification tool based on the KeY project verification system<\/a> for Java with an emphasis on usability, scalability, and functional correctness properties specifying the relation of the asset flow with contract data.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nDeveloper experience & tooling<\/td>\nWeb3JS Library Maintenance<\/a><\/td>\nChainsafe<\/a><\/td>\nCollection of libraries that allows users to interact with a local or remote Ethereum node using HTTP, IPC, or WebSocket.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nExecution Layer<\/td>\nEthereum Execution Specifications<\/a><\/td>\nGuruprasad Kamath<\/a><\/td>\nDeveloping a Python implementation of Ethereum, that will serve as an executable specification for the execution layer. The specification is a Python implementation of Ethereum that prioritizes readability and simplicity.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nGeneral Research<\/td>\nAcademic Grants Round<\/a><\/td>\n\nProactive grants round funding formal research that aims to create more knowledge about Ethereum, blockchain technology, and related domains.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nGeneral Research<\/td>\nThe Grants (grants.xyz)<\/td>\nEthereum Community Network<\/a><\/td>\nResearch exploring different public goods funding mechanisms for the overall Ethereum open-source community in China.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nLayer 2<\/td>\nETH.LIMO Infrastructure Support<\/td>\nETH.LIMO<\/a><\/td>\nInfrastructure improvements for ETH.LIMO, a decentralized gateway for resolving ENS<\/a> records and associated IPFS<\/a> content.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/div>\n