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Ethereum Foundation Releases Q1 Funding List: Continuing Support for ZK, Cryptography, and Protocol Infrastructure
ChainCatcher News: The Ethereum Foundation has released the list of grants and ecosystem support projects for the first quarter of 2026, with a focus on cryptography, zero-knowledge proofs (ZK), protocol security, and core infrastructure development, continuing to strengthen Ethereum’s underlying technology stack and long-term scalability.
This quarter’s grants cover multiple key areas. At the protocol and client layer, they include optimization work for the Geth and Erigon clients, an upgrade to the Lighthouse client, and the development of network monitoring tools after the Pectra upgrade, with an emphasis on improving network performance and resilience against attacks. In addition, projects such as HSM key management, the validator security tool Vero, and the DISC-NG node discovery mechanism are also supported to enhance node reliability and institution-level compliance capabilities.
In the cryptography and ZK direction, the Foundation continues to further invest in Poseidon hash function analysis, Gröbner basis attack research, exploration of quantum-resistant and homomorphic mixed encryption, and formal verification of the RISC-V zkVM, further strengthening the security boundary for zero-knowledge proofs and cryptographic infrastructure.
In developer ecosystem development, upgrades to the BuidlGuidl educational system, ERC standard community building, the WalletConnect signature verification library, and ongoing work on the Open Creator Rails toolchain help lower development barriers and improve the security of user interactions. Meanwhile, L2BEAT continues to provide Layer 2 transparency analysis, reinforcing the data infrastructure for the scaling ecosystem.
In addition, the Foundation also supports privacy technologies (such as Tor integration and the Privacy Pool SDK), decentralized identity (did:ethr standard upgrades), DAO governance research, and public product experimental projects, covering the complete ecosystem structure from the protocol layer to the application layer. Overall, this round of funding continues the Ethereum Foundation’s long-term investment in the three core areas of “cryptography + ZK + protocol engineering,” emphasizing that future multi-layer scaling and institution-level application deployment will be supported through infrastructure and standardization.