Our aim on the grants group is to be devoted stewards of Ethereum group sources. As a part of the Ethereum Basis’s ongoing effort to diffuse energy all through our group, we give grants that we imagine will return the very best influence on the Ethereum ecosystem over the long-term.
What’s the scope of EF grants?
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Open supply!
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Funding is just for future work
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Keep away from taking part in favorites. We attempt to not benefit one group over others
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Keep away from grants on the software layer, although we do imagine that initiatives and groups working on the software layer ought to apply when they’re constructing open supply instruments relevant to the broader ecosystem
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Keep away from giving an Ethereum Basis “stamp of approval.” EF Grants will not be supposed to be an endorsement of a selected challenge over others.
How will we consider functions?
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We take into consideration highest influence by asking ourselves:
- how essential would this be to the ecosystem?
- how pressing is the issue?
- what number of different persons are engaged on this downside?
- how a lot worth will we get by giving a grant in comparison with doing nothing?
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We’re favorably biased in direction of initiatives with cheap paths in direction of sustainability. This helps guarantee a long-term influence on the funding of group sources.
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We search for candidates with related expertise or confirmed potential to execute, commensurate with the grant quantity
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Alignment with Ethereum values
Be aware: as a result of we’re providing non-dilutive capital, we count on to pay a reduction in your market fee
We understand that our resolution making course of won’t ever be good, however we all the time do our greatest to repeatedly enhance the velocity and high quality of the choice making course of.