Reviewing the 5 projects funded in the first round of the ETH Research Grant
This round of voting is the first application of DoraHacks MACI-PLONK (MACI zero-knowledge voting based on the PLONK system). So far, over 4,000 projects in the DoraHacks community have received more than $25 million in funding.The first round of the Ethereum Research Grant has successfully concluded on the DoraHacks.io platform. Among the 19 BUIDL teams that applied in the first round, 5 BUIDL teams were selected and received a total of $5,000 in project funding.
Projects applying from now until February 28 can enter the second round of Grant evaluation. Community voting for the second round of funding will take place from March 5 to March 15. We welcome all developers and researchers interested in Ethereum ecosystem technology to apply!
The ranking based on the voting results is as follows:
Eigen Network
Category: zkEVM/zkVM
Overview:
Eigen Network aims to build a privacy-centric zkVM that is highly compatible with Solidity, providing privacy and development experience for developers in the EVM ecosystem.
Eigen Network has created a layered proof system with constant proof size and no trusted setup, using a privacy standard template library to extend zkVM to support privacy-preserving computations, and building zkzkRollup as a privacy layer for web3.0.
Homepage: https://dorahacks.io/buidl/3997? roundProj= 3115
ERC 1155 Delta
Category: Ethereum Adoption
Overview: ERC 1155 Delta is an NFT implementation/standard that is highly optimized for gas consumption and has a minimal impact on blockchain storage space.
Homepage: https://dorahacks.io/buidl/3865? roundProj= 3116
EthStorage
Category: Sharding/Data Availability
Overview:
EthStorage is a Layer 2 solution that provides programmable dynamic storage based on Ethereum's Data Availability. EthStorage will significantly reduce the storage costs of large amounts of data on Ethereum, saving costs by 100 to 1000 times, and better supporting a fully decentralized network in the future. EthStorage is highly integrated with EVM and fully compatible with Ethereum tools such as Solidity, Remix, Hardhat, and MetaMask. The team has received funding from the Ethereum Foundation for research on Data Availability.
Homepage: https://dorahacks.io/buidl/4078? roundProj= 3114
SoulWallet
Category: AA/ERC 4337
Overview:
SoulWallet is a wallet that offers new features such as social recovery, ERC-20 Gas payments, Gasless payments, and native multi-signature.
Homepage: https://dorahacks.io/buidl/4079? roundProj= 3113
ZKSAFE Password
Category: Cryptography Research
Overview:
ZKSAFE is a decentralized asset security product based on zero-knowledge proofs, ensuring that assets remain secure even if the private key is stolen. The team consists of a small group of ambitious crypto enthusiasts, driven by innovation, with more incredible products in development.
Homepage: https://dorahacks.io/buidl/4084? roundProj= 3124
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