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CoinWorld News: The Ethereum Foundation has released its Q1 2026 funding report, showing that its grants for zero-knowledge research, core clients, validator security, and public infrastructure have doubled, indicating long-term confidence in cryptographic scaling.
This funding continues to support in-depth development of Ethereum's underlying technology rather than short-term speculative topics.
The foundation allocates resources at the protocol and client levels to optimize the execution clients Geth and Erigon, aiming to improve node operation performance and resource efficiency.
Meanwhile, the Lighthouse client has received upgrades related to the post-Pectra environment and introduced new network monitoring tools to track chain health and potential attack patterns.