The largest share of grants went to projects under the Community and Education category, with 32 initiatives receiving funding. These included research, workshops, conferences, and bootcamps to promote learning and network engagement.
The Foundation’s focus on educational outreach and community development demonstrates its effort to enhance Ethereum users’ understanding and ecosystem participation.
Meanwhile, the Foundation allocated 16 grants to Developer Experience and Tooling. CertiK, a blockchain security firm, received two grants among the beneficiaries in this category.
CertiK is working on simplifying the verification process for zkVM (Zero-Knowledge Virtual Machine) circuits. The firm’s efforts include improving modular arithmetic operations and optimizing scenarios where multiple values are stored in a single field element.
The Consensus Layer received seven grants, while both Execution Layers and Protocol Growth and Support categories were each backed by five initiatives. General Growth and Support secured four grants, with an additional two awarded under indirect funding.
