Ethereum
Foundation, ConsenSys, Protocol Labs, Announce Eth2.0 Grant Funding
The Ethereum Foundation
announced Monday the distribution of more than $2 million in grant funding
“aimed at furthering Serenity (Eth2.0) development as [the Ethereum developer
community] move nearer to the launch of the Beacon Chain.” Contributing an undisclosed
amount toward the grant funding were ConsenSys and Protocol Labs.
“In recent months,” a blog post
announcing the grants stated, “the Ethereum Foundation granted substantial
awards to leading client development teams currently tasked with delivering
long-standing multi-client testnets as development approaches the launch of
Phase 0."
Accounting for $1.71 million of
the grant funding were Prysmatic Labs, Status, and Sigma Prime, which were
granted, respectively, $725,000, $500,000, and $485,000. Grants awarded to
the former two came exclusively from Ethereum Foundation, with ConsenSys
co-funding the latter’s grant.
