{"id":18042,"date":"2026-03-07T16:04:19","date_gmt":"2026-03-07T16:04:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cryptoted.net\/index.php\/2026\/03\/07\/ef-supported-teams-research-development-roundup-2\/"},"modified":"2026-03-07T16:04:19","modified_gmt":"2026-03-07T16:04:19","slug":"ef-supported-teams-research-development-roundup-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cryptoted.net\/index.php\/2026\/03\/07\/ef-supported-teams-research-development-roundup-2\/","title":{"rendered":"EF-Supported Teams: Research & Development Roundup"},"content":{"rendered":"


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We all have a lot to be thankful for this holiday season, from the first birthday of the beacon chain, to the successful upgrades over the past year and the incredible progress across the entire Ethereum ecosystem.<\/p>\n

As a highly productive year draws to a close, there are a few final gifts to deliver in the form of updates from many (15+!!) EF-supported teams that are always working to improve the network. And there’s a lot<\/em> of substantive material here, so take some time to sort through the table of contents, and dig in!<\/p>\n

As always, this roundup series focuses on EF-supported teams whose members are working to grow and improve Ethereum as a whole. Included in this edition are updates from many teams highlighted in the previous report<\/a>, and other new and rotating groups.<\/p>\n

Enjoy! \ud83e\udd84<\/p>\n

<\/g><\/svg><\/a>Consensus R&D (aka EF Research Team)<\/h2>\n

Authored by Hsiao-Wei Wang<\/em><\/p>\n

In the second half of this year, the milestones in Ethereum consensus R&D included:<\/p>\n

To align with The Great Renaming<\/a>, we shifted components to \u201cConsensus Layer\u201d from \u201cEth2\u201d for clearer communication in the long term.<\/p>\n

In early 2022, our team will focus on helping to deliver the \u201cThe Merge\u201d, the most significant consensus protocol upgrade ever. Fortunately, we have great support from client teams, and others in the community working to make this a reality! In the meantime, we will be continuing our research work on data availability, L1 scaling, and the features of the \u201cclean up\u201d fork after The Merge.<\/p>\n

<\/g><\/svg><\/a>Ecosystem Support Program<\/h2>\n

Authored by ESP Team<\/em><\/p>\n

We published our Q2 Allocation Update<\/a> with grants totalling $7,794,000 for the quarter – and Q3 is coming soon! You can also check out recent monthly roundups here<\/a> and here<\/a> for more detailed progress updates from a few of our fabulous grantees.<\/p>\n

Behind the scenes, we\u2019re working on a major website overhaul which should make it easier than ever to understand ESP\u2019s mission and priorities, and for eligible builders to apply for funding or other support. We can\u2019t wait to launch the new site in early 2022!<\/p>\n

<\/g><\/svg><\/a>Ethereum.org<\/h2>\n

Authored by Sam Richards<\/em><\/p>\n

To make our work more accessible and to foster more community collaboration, our team publishes an overview of our quarterly roadmap goals. See our Q4 product roadmap here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Happy holidays to all from the ethereum.org<\/a> team \ud83d\ude00\ud83c\udf84 As always, our vision with ethereum.org<\/a> is to create the best portal for Ethereum\u2019s growing community and to serve as the front door to Ethereum for millions of new visitors each month.<\/p>\n

<\/g><\/svg><\/a>Content updates<\/h3>\n

Ethereum moves fast! As well as updating hundreds of pages to ensure our content stays up to date and accurate, we\u2019ve also released a bunch of new content:<\/p>\n

Ethereum.org<\/a> exists thanks to hundreds of content and code contributors from the community. In Q3\/Q4, we put emphasis on ways to increase contributions and acknowledge the community for the work they were doing:<\/p>\n

<\/g><\/svg><\/a>Some stats (Aug – Dec)<\/h4>\n