As the EF retreats, weโll need new institutions to rise to leadership
Those new institutions will need funding
How about a state sponsored lottery for ongoing protocol development ๐ค
Was a pleasure working with the @megapot team on this integration!
Very excited about the future of lottery contests on Ethereum and the prospect of routing speculation/gaming use case revenue back to core development
Support Ethereum core development by trying to win your share of $1M
When you buy tickets or sign up through our @ProtocolGuild page below, all referral revenue goes to Protocol Guild forever.
https://t.co/aCMBmcnr6k
1/ Announcing Protocol Guild's partnership with @megapot to drive recurring funding to Ethereum core development via lottery contests
A portion of new and future ticket purchases (+ contest winnings) made via PGโs Megapot page go toward supporting the stewards of L1 Ethereum
A huge shout out to the projects funding Ethereum's core ๐ซก
Without them, Protocol Guild doesn't exist. And neither do L1 dependencies the broader ecosystem relies on
๐ Hear @Arnaudschenk of @aztecnetwork discuss Ethereum's ambition problem and the decision for @aztecFND to contribute 1% of AZTEC token supply to the stewards of Ethereum core development
1/ We're thrilled to welcome @AztecFND as the latest project to take the 1% Pledge ๐
1% of the AZTEC token supply has been deposited into Protocol Guild's 4-year vesting contract to support 187 Ethereum core contributors across client teams, research, and coordination
5/ And join us this Friday, May 15th @ 14.00 UTC for a livestream discussing this pledge with @arnaudschenk, @trent_vanepps and @AlphaLemonade!
https://t.co/cQNqTm8EUl
Protocol Guild has distributed $38M to Ethereum's core contributors since May 2022
59% say it's very or extremely important to their decision to keep building
The 1% Pledge asks projects launching tokens to donate 1% of supply to the people who make Ethereum possible
187 individuals from 30+ teams and 11 independent institutions around the world are directly responsible for building and maintaining Ethereum's core protocol
The ecosystem has an irrefutable dependency on these core protocol contributors for Ethereum reaching its endgame
โ๏ธ Reminder:
The Ethereum Security QF round is live on @Giveth, powered by @thedaofund
Please consider donating to Protocol Guild in support of the individuals maintaining and upgrading Ethereum L1
Your impact is multiplied by matching funds!
The biggest addition to Ethereum's 2026 roadmap: privacy as an explicit endgame goal
Privacy isn't optional for Ethereum. It's a prerequisite to onboard the entire world
Unpacking Ethereum's medium term roadmap ๐บ๏ธ
Hegota, the mainnet upgrade following the forthcoming Glamsterdam hardfork, will be headlined by Fork Choice Inclusion Lists (FOCIL) among other feature considerations ๐บ
The second headliner from the upcoming Glamsterdam upgrade is Block Level Access Lists (BALs), which introduces parallelization for increased throughput
as of last friday, I no longer work at the EF
nothing but respect for the brilliant people i worked with over the last 5 years on network upgrades + funding efforts
I intend to continue working on @ProtocolGuild and Ethereum political economy as long as funding is available