Our purpose on the grants workforce is to be trustworthy 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 impression 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 workforce over others
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Keep away from grants on the utility layer, although we do imagine that tasks and groups working on the utility 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 meant to be an endorsement of a specific venture over others.
How can we consider purposes?
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We take into consideration highest impression by asking ourselves:
- how necessary would this be to the ecosystem?
- how pressing is the issue?
- what number of different individuals are engaged on this drawback?
- how a lot worth can we get by giving a grant in comparison with doing nothing?
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We’re favorably biased in direction of tasks with cheap paths in direction of sustainability. This helps guarantee a long-term impression on the funding of group sources.
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We search for candidates with related expertise or confirmed capability to execute, commensurate with the grant quantity
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Alignment with Ethereum values
Observe: as a result of we’re providing non-dilutive capital, we anticipate to pay a reduction in your market charge
We understand that our resolution making course of won’t ever be excellent, however we at all times do our greatest to repeatedly enhance the pace and high quality of the choice making course of.
