Ethereum DAPPS

Clear Signing: Making Transaction Approvals Safer on Ethereum https://blog.ethereum.org/en/2026/05/12/clear-signing-announcement An Ethereum Working Group consisting of wallet developers, security firms and the Ethereum Foundation’s Trillion Dollar Security Initiative today launched an open standard designed to end blind signing — a structural flaw that has contributed to billions in user losses, including the Bybit hack. Ethereum Foundation’s Trillion Dollar Security Initiative...

Protocol Cluster Updates: May 2026 https://blog.ethereum.org/en/2026/05/11/protocol-update-may-26 A semi-regular gathering of Ethereum core devs from various client teams, or interop, recently took place in Svalbard, Norway. Over the week-long event, teams focused on hardening and preparation for the next upgrade, Glamsterdam. Several important milestones came out of the week, including: 200M gas limit floor established:...

Soldøgn Interop Recap ☀️ https://blog.ethereum.org/en/2026/05/02/soldogn-interop-recap This past week, just over 100 Ethereum core contributors gathered above the Arctic Circle — in Longyearbyen, Svalbard — for the Soldøgn Interop: a week of intense work on the Glamsterdam network upgrade. Soldøgn followed last year's Berlinterop, but returned to the format used by Amphora 🏺, [Edelweiss 🏔️](https://blog.ethereum.org/2023/02/07/edelweiss-interop-recap...

Announcing Cohort 7 of the Ethereum Protocol Fellowship https://blog.ethereum.org/en/2026/04/30/epf-7 TL;DR: 📝 Applications for EPF7 are open until May 13 🔎 Review the program details for EPF7 🎙️ An introductory town hall will be held on May 6 at 1500 UTC We are excited to announce that applications are now open for the seventh cohort of the [Ethereum...

Allocation Update - Q1 2026 https://blog.ethereum.org/en/2026/04/29/allocation-q1-26 Q1 2026 continued our focus on strengthening Ethereum’s foundations, with sustained investment in core domains like cryptography, zero-knowledge proofs, security, and protocol research. See the list below of the projects and ecosystem efforts we supported this quarter as builders advance critical infrastructure, tools, and research across the network. Explore...

ETH Rangers Program Recap https://blog.ethereum.org/en/2026/04/16/eth-rangers-recap In late 2024, the Ethereum Foundation, together with Secureum, The Red Guild, and Security Alliance (SEAL), launched the ETH Rangers Program, an initiative to provide stipends for individuals doing public goods security work in the Ethereum ecosystem. The goal of the program was straightforward: to fund independent efforts that...

Checkpoint #9: Apr 2026 https://blog.ethereum.org/en/2026/04/10/checkpoint-9 Ethereum's All Core Developer calls can be a lot to keep up with, so this "Checkpoint" series aims for periodic high-level updates, depending on what's happening in core development. See the previous update here. !image...

How L1 and L2s can build the strongest possible Ethereum https://blog.ethereum.org/en/2026/03/23/l1-l2-ethereum *The North Star of the Platform team is for Ethereum to scale as a cohesive system and enable confident adoption by all users. This post is intended to share our perspective on the L1 \ L2 relationship, the roles of each layer, and how we (as an ecosystem) are leveraging...

The Promise of Ethereum: Introducing the EF Mandate https://blog.ethereum.org/en/2026/03/13/ef-mandate Dearest Friends, Today we are publishing the EF Mandate, a document that serves as part constitution, part manifesto, and part guide for the Ethereum Foundation. It is written primarily for the EF itself: to be clear about what we are here to do, the principles by which we...

This Is Fine (Until the Grant Runs Out) https://blog.ethereum.org/en/2026/02/27/project-odin The commons called. It wants a runway. Every so often, in the blockchain world’s usual cycle of funding scares, a team maintaining a widely used open source public good declares mayday. Libp2p is a core infrastructure stack that powers multiple Ethereum clients (among others) and a large part of...

Treasury Staking Initiative https://blog.ethereum.org/en/2026/02/24/staking The Ethereum Foundation has begun staking a portion of its treasury, in line with its Treasury Policy announced last year. Approximately 70,000 ETH is being staked with rewards directed back to the EF treasury....

The Ethereum Foundation's Commitment to DeFi https://blog.ethereum.org/en/2026/02/23/commitment-to-defi DeFi isn't a speculative bet on the future. It's the inevitable evolution of finance, driven by a fundamental truth: financial autonomy is a right, not a privilege. And it's been a critical driver of Ethereum's growth and adoption. We want to see DeFi thrive, but we're opinionated about what...

Protocol Priorities Update for 2026 https://blog.ethereum.org/en/2026/02/18/protocol-priorities-update-2026 We introduced Protocol last June which organized our work around three strategic initiatives: Scale L1, Scale Blobs, and Improve UX. A lot has happened since then! In this post, we want to share what we accomplished last year, how our thinking has evolved, and where Protocol is headed in 2026....

Ethereum Protocol Studies 2026 https://blog.ethereum.org/en/2026/02/17/ethereum-protocol-studies-26 tl;dr: Ethereum Protocol Studies returns for 2026 with new content tracks in cryptography, lean consensus and zkEVM, plus a new self-paced learning platform. The program kicks off February 23rd. Visit epf.wiki to get started. Ethereum Protocol Studies (EPS) is back. Since launching as a 10-week study group ahead of...

Announcing the Platform Team at EF https://blog.ethereum.org/en/2026/02/17/platform Platform is a new team inside the EF with one goal: Deliver the strongest possible Ethereum platform, where L1 and L2s are best positioned to support users, apps, and all organizations building on Ethereum. This requires improving the L1 \ L2 relationship, so that we grow as a mutually...

Executive Leadership Update https://blog.ethereum.org/en/2026/02/13/leadership-update Today, we are announcing a transition in the executive leadership team at the Ethereum Foundation. After extensive contributions to the Foundation’s mission and operations, Tomasz Stańczak has decided to step down from his role as Co-Executive Director. The Foundation’s Board has appointed Bastian Aue to serve as interim Co-Executive Director,...

An update from Tomasz https://blog.ethereum.org/en/2026/02/13/tomasz-update tl;dr I am stepping down from my co-ED role at the EF at the end of February 2026. Bastian Aue is taking over the co-ED role alongside Hsiao-Wei. The future is bright for builders, for Ethereum, for the EF, and for me....

Introducing the EF Academic Secretariat 2026 PhD Fellowship https://blog.ethereum.org/en/2026/02/05/phd-fellowship The EF's Academic Secretariat team is proud to announce the launch of the inaugural PhD Fellowship Program, a pioneering initiative aimed at empowering and expanding the frontiers of Ethereum-related academic research, by supporting Ethereum-related academic work led by PhD students....

Trillion Dollar Security Day at Devconnect https://blog.ethereum.org/en/2026/02/03/1ts-day-devconnect-ba During Devconnect Buenos Aires, the Ethereum Foundation and Secureum TrustX brought together Ethereum security practitioners for Trillion Dollar Security Day, a focused event exploring what it would take to securely support a trillion-dollar Ethereum economy. The event brought together around eighty participants from across the Ethereum Security Ecosystem—spanning Infrastructure,...

Allocation Update - Q4 2025 https://blog.ethereum.org/en/2026/01/27/allocation-q4-25 Q4 2025 closed out the year with exciting growth across the ecosystem! Dive into the projects and community initiatives we supported this quarter and see what our grantees have been building:...