Protocol Guild
Initiative to fund Ethereum core contributors with community-sourced, onchain, transparent funding autonomously distributed to around 160 members from various projects for protocol maintenance and evolution.Application
Applied on: 16 Nov 2023 11:19 AM
Approved
User Review
AI Review
A1
Reviewed on 15 Feb 2024 04:43 AM
Projects that are in support of, or directly advancing the Ethereum Network’s infrastructure. Primarily focusing on areas such as: - Core client teams (e.g. geth, nethermind, prysm, lighthouse) - Staking infrastructure and tooling - Client diversity - Core developers (can apply as a team, a specific project, or simply as an individual) - Tooling providers (e.g., hardhat / ethers.js) - Security researchers, EIPs, censorship resistance - Sharding, rollups. scaling, etc - Account abstraction, zero knowledge technology, statelessness, future proofing, and more
The Protocol Guild is a collective of Ethereum core contributors including client developers and researchers, which aligns well with the focus on infrastructure and core development work.
The project must be open source and in active development
The Protocol Guild's activities are documented and transparent, with resources available publicly on GitHub, indicating that it is an open source initiative and the GitHub activity demonstrates that it is in active development.
The project must be more than 3 months old
The Protocol Guild has established membership from over 20 different projects, and the documentation and structure suggest a well-established initiative that has been ongoing for more than 3 months.
To be eligible for this grant round, projects must meet the general program policy and the following specific requirements
This evaluation does not provide enough detail to assess compliance with all aspects of the general program policy; however, based on available information, Protocol Guild likely meets the specific requirements mentioned in the policy.