{"id":18086,"date":"2026-03-08T20:23:43","date_gmt":"2026-03-08T20:23:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cryptoted.net\/index.php\/2026\/03\/08\/grantee-roundup-september-2021-ethereum-foundation-blog\/"},"modified":"2026-03-08T20:23:43","modified_gmt":"2026-03-08T20:23:43","slug":"grantee-roundup-september-2021-ethereum-foundation-blog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cryptoted.net\/index.php\/2026\/03\/08\/grantee-roundup-september-2021-ethereum-foundation-blog\/","title":{"rendered":"Grantee Roundup: September 2021 | Ethereum Foundation Blog"},"content":{"rendered":"


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It\u2019s always fun to hear about new grants as they\u2019re awarded, but what happens after the announcement? In this series, we\u2019ll check in on a couple of projects that are well underway – or already at the finish line. Read on to learn about some recent milestones and achievements by grantees!<\/em><\/p>\n

<\/g><\/svg><\/a>SSZ.dev<\/a>: Technical Specs and Resources for SSZ – SimpleSerialize<\/h3>\n

In preparing for the move to Proof of Stake, Ethereum’s core developers have taken the opportunity to revamp some elements of the Ethereum protocol. This was the case with SSZ, or S<\/strong>imple S<\/strong>erialiZ<\/strong>e, the canonical serialization format for Ethereum’s PoS consensus layer.<\/p>\n

Serialization is the process of converting data into a format to be transmitted or stored – in the case of SSZ, converting consensus data into bytes to be represented as a Merkle tree<\/a>. Although SSZ was created for Ethereum, it was designed to be extendable to other use cases. With that in mind, SSZ.dev<\/a> was created to make SSZ more accessible to devs both inside and outside the Ethereum ecosytem.<\/p>\n

SSZ.dev was funded in March 2021, launched<\/a> in May, and has continued to grow. It’s full of great resources, some original and some gathered from previous community efforts, for anyone looking to learn or build with SSZ. Some highlights:<\/p>\n