EF is a non-profit and part of a community of organizations and people working to fund protocol development, grow the ecosystem, and advocate for Ethereum.
An essential piece of
#Ethereum
’s Serenity upgrade, the Beacon Chain’s deposit contract, is live. This begins a transition to
#Eth2
.
@EthDotOrg
Guide:
Launchpad:
Deposit Contract Address: 0x00000000219ab540356cBB839Cbe05303d7705Fa
The Merge is coming: UPGRADE YOUR CLIENTS!
• The Bellatrix upgrade is scheduled for epoch 144896 on the Beacon Chain – 11:34:47am UTC on Sept 6, 2022
• The TTD value triggering The Merge is 58750000000000000000000, expected between 10-20 Sep 2022
MORE:
📣 The first ZK Grants Round is now open!
The Ethereum Foundation, in collaboration with Aztec, Polygon, Scroll, Taiko, and zkSync, contributed $150K each to the shared prize pool, totaling $900K.
Apply before March 18th! 👇
The
@EFNextBillion
team is now on twitter! Check them out, and if you're considering an application to the next Fellowship cohort, join Office Hours.
Office Hours:
Call for Applications:
Fellowship Site:
Are you interested in the EF’s Fellowship Program? Drop by the office hours session, learn more about it and clarify your questions!
🗓When: July 12th @ 3 pm CET
✍️Sign up here:
Today we’re publishing the EF report!
This is a new way to communicate our core values, explain what makes the EF unique, and share information about all of the ways that EF teams contribute to our vision of Ethereum as an Infinite Garden.
Read it here:
🎉 Happy 4th birthday,
#Ethereum
! Four years ago today, Ethereum came to life, and the future is now brighter than ever before. 🎉
To everyone who has worked to advance the protocol, the community, and our ever-growing ecosystem: Thank you, and let's keep building together!
[SECURITY ALERT]
#Constantinople
upgrade is temporarily postponed out of caution following a consensus decision by
#Ethereum
developers, security professionals and other community members. More information and instructions are below.
Ethereum's Constantinople network upgrade is less than a week away! Click this post for more info and what you need to do to prepare.
#Constantinople
#Ethereum
This holiday season (and always), we’re thankful for the incredible work of the many EF-supported teams that continue to improve
#Ethereum
.
A final (hefty) EF-Supported Teams Roundup of 2021 from 15+ teams is here, and it's worth the read.
Enjoy! 🦄
Ethereum for the Next Billion: Today,
@AyaMiyagotchi
unveils the new EF Fellowship Program, and discusses the Foundation's role and a vision for
#Ethereum
's long-term sustainability in a decentralized world.
Read more:
Ethereum's Constantinople and St. Petersburg network upgrades are less than a week away! Click this post for more info and what you need to do to prepare
#Constantinople
#StPetersburg
#Ethereum
Medalla is live! 🏅
Get involved with the EthStaker community on Reddit (r/ethstaker) and Discord (), and follow along (, ).
It's like Olympic all over again.
#eth2
#Ethereum
's
#Istanbul
network upgrade is now live! Congratulations to everyone who worked to make it happen.
Want to learn more? Check out details on Istanbul's included changes here:
The Ethereum Foundation is surveying projects and dApps already using
#Ethereum
to solve real-world issues. We're interested in hearing about apps at all stages of development, and we'd love to hear about your work! Click to take part:
#BUIDL
EF-supported projects and teams are always working to improve our
#Ethereum
experience.
Here's the latest in a roundup series that highlights their efforts to grow and improve the network. Enjoy!
As many EF-supported projects and teams continue to grow and to improve
#Ethereum
, there’s lots to share since the last 2020 edition in this series, which followed the launch of the beacon chain.
For the latest, see below and enjoy!
Last call(!) to apply for the second cohort of the Core Dev Apprenticeship Program.
See
@pipermerriam
's full post for more:
Deadline: Sept. 13 (today!)
1/ New from
@pipermerriam
: Core Dev Apprenticeship Program - The Second Cohort 🧑💻
Apply today, and get engaged with
#Ethereum
protocol-level work!
-Deadline to Apply: Sept 13th ⏳
-Program: Sept ’21-Feb ’22 🧑🎓
See Piper’s post for more, and APPLY(!):
Looking for information on The Merge and beyond?
@TimBeiko
's newest All Core Developer's (ACD) update includes the latest on Ethereum's (big) next upgrades.
Later than expected, here is another ACD update, fresh off the press 🔥
2500 words to cover the latest Merge updates ⛓, Shanghai highlights 🌃, harmonizing EL & CL governance processes📜 and Protocol Guild 💰
As we set off for Prague, we wanted to thank our Serenity Sponsors once more for helping us to push this ecosystem forward!
SERENITY: AdEx, BlockAsset Ventures, Blockchains LLC, Blockfolio, Colony, ConsenSys, OmiseGO, Sparkpool, and Status!
The
@Ethereum
Foundation is excited to announce
#Devcon
Sponsorship and Scholarship supporters. Leaders from across industries have lent overwhelming support to the
#Ethereum
community, and we’re pleased to introduce them today at
With ETH reaching an all time high, it's a good time to remind y'all to stay secure. We have some security tips and resources here: . Never trust email links, never share your private key and never trust anyone "giving away ETH for free" ✊
While
#eth2
has been on our minds, incredible progress has been made in recent months by all EF-supported teams. We might’ve missed quite a bit from each other while apart this year, so we’re excited to share a *long* report detailing their updates today.
The latest research & development update from many EF-supported teams is here. It's big and full of updates from a whole host of talented builders. Enjoy!
Ahead of
#Istanbul
, check out the latest big updates from many key teams and projects driving
#Ethereum
and its ecosystem forward.
Read: EF Supported Teams: Research and Development Update, 2019 Pt. 2
The Ethereum Foundation is proud to lend our support to the efforts of both the
@EntEthAlliance
and
@Hyperledger
through our membership today. Together, we'll continue to drive forward
#Ethereum
's progress and adoption.
🔥 Geth v1.9.7 (Quad Kicker) out, enabling the Istanbul hardfork for
#Ethereum
mainnet (block 9069000, targeted for the 4th of December) 🔥
Among others we've shipped eth/64, a faster EVM,
#golang
1.13.4 on all PPAs and almost done with DNS discovery! 🤓
Last week, all
#Eth2
clients under active development succeeded in marking the major milestone of moving toward multi-client testnets at the “Interop Lock-in”. Read the latest here!
We have investigated reports of some Parity Ethereum nodes not syncing and believe there may be an attack underway.
New releases v2.6.8-beta & v2.5.13-stable protect against this. *Please update ASAP.*
The latest release from the
@Ethereum
Foundation provides an update on support for Ethereum's diverse client ecosystem, and application & consensus layer funding plans for 2021. Read more: