Ethereum DAPPS

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:...

Checkpoint #8: Jan 2026
https://blog.ethereum.org/en/2026/01/20/checkpoint-8

Ethereum’s All Core Developer calls are a lot to keep up with, so this "Checkpoint" series aims for high-level updates roughly every 4-8 weeks, depending on what’s happening in core development. See the previous update here. If you enjoy reading core development updates, you may also be...

Devcon 8 is coming to Mumbai, India in November 2026
https://blog.ethereum.org/en/2025/12/23/devcon-mumbai

Devcon, the Ethereum community’s annual global gathering for builders, will take place from 3-6 November 2026 at the JIO World Center in Mumbai, India. This Devcon 8 update is not a full vision, but will help organizers and the wider ecosystem plan. More details on programming, tracks, and participation...

Hegota Upgrade EIP Proposal Timelines
https://blog.ethereum.org/en/2025/12/22/hegota-timeline

Fusaka shipped PeerDAS in addition to a myriad of minor features and Glamsterdam’s major features will include Block-level Access Lists and enshrined Proposer-Builder Separation. Now we begin outlining the subsequent upgrade: Hegotá....

Shipping an L1 zkEVM #2: The Security Foundations
https://blog.ethereum.org/en/2025/12/18/zkevm-security-foundations

Thanks to Arantxa Zapico, Benedikt Wagner, and Dmitry Khovratovich from the EF cryptography team for their contributions, and to Ladislaus, Kev, Alex, and Marius for the careful review and feedback. The zkEVM ecosystem has been sprinting for a year. And it worked! We crossed the finish line for real-time...

The Future of Ethereum’s State
https://blog.ethereum.org/en/2025/12/16/future-of-state

Disclaimer: The following blog is a proposal from the Stateless Consensus team. Content may not imply consensus views, and the EF is a broad organization that includes a healthy diversity of opinion across Protocol and beyond that together strengthen Ethereum. Special thanks to Ladislaus von Daniels and Marius van der...

Devconnect Argentina Recap
https://blog.ethereum.org/en/2025/12/04/devconnect-arg-wrap

Devconnect Buenos Aires wrapped up as the largest Ethereum Foundation event yet, bringing together a global mix of developers, founders, creators, and curious newcomers....

Allocation Update - Q3 2025
https://blog.ethereum.org/en/2025/12/02/allocation-q3-25

Q3 2025 brought an exciting wave of innovation and community energy! Explore the projects we funded this quarter and the work they’re advancing:...