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OUR MISSION

We are missioned to be flexible, nimble and adaptive to the needs of the decentralisation communities.

WHO WE ARE

As a crypto-native, cross-network, community-founded & non-profit organisation, we've been initiating, supporting and promoting projects to expand and reach the potential of blockchain & Ethereum ecosystems. We are an interdisciplinary team of researchers, designers and developers distributed around all corners of the world.

ECF ORIGIN

Our grants legacy

As one of the first cross-network community initiatives, ECF was first conceptualized at Devcon 3 in 2017 in Cancun, Mexico and officially started in 2018 in Tokyo, Japan under the advisorship of Ethereum Foundation

The early community of Ethereum builders (MakerDAO, Status, web 3 Web3 Foundation, Cosmos, OMG Network, Golem) founded ECF as a grants program to support the development of critical infrastructure and public goods in the ecosystem

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List of previous grantees

As time goes by some projects have been rebranded or discontinued, hence the broken links and redirects If you represent any of these projects and would like the info to be updated, please write to comms@ecf.network

Gitcoin

Web3j

Clovers Network

HiBlock community

Prysmatic Labs

FourthState

ETHSecurity

Ethereum Magicians Council

XLNT

Patrick McCorry

Denode

EthPM

Reality Check

Arcadeum

Universal Logins

Etherlime

Swingby Protocol

Magmo State Channels

Mimo

Gnosis

POA Network

Juejin Ethereum Community

Smart Contract Theory

Pig World

EthPM

SecurETH

Knowledge Base

EOS Bounty

Leaderboard of previous granters

Members made direct donations to the grantee projects as well as through ECF to supports its operations

OMG Network

$659,754 USD

Maker DAO

$492,200 USD

Golem

$489,922 USD

Status

$457,000 USD

Web3 Foundation

$96,000 USD

Mix Marvel

$50,000 USD

ECF TIMELINE

Our Organization's Roadmap

"Missioned to be flexible, nimble and adaptive to the needs of the decentralisation communities. "

2018

A community fund

ECF's first iteration was as a Non-Profit organisation that was founded by the Ethereum communities to serve as a grant program that supports the development of the Ethereum ecosystem and general Web3 infrastructure.

2018

A community fund

ECF's first iteration was as a Non-Profit organisation that was founded by the Ethereum communities to serve as a grant program that supports the development of the Ethereum ecosystem and general Web3 infrastructure.

2018

A community fund

ECF's first iteration was as a Non-Profit organisation that was founded by the Ethereum communities to serve as a grant program that supports the development of the Ethereum ecosystem and general Web3 infrastructure.

2020

A network of funds

As a second iteration our grant program was upgraded to support the ecosystem's projects growth by providing strategic consultation and connections to a network of funds.

ECF researchers have been conducting research and development focused on creating decentralised coordination tools for communities. Primary project, Pensieve, is a decentralised knowledge coordination platform designed to support self-organising communities by providing infrastructure for decentralised consensus, shared memory, verified contributions, and collective direction. This initiative aims to address challenges related to complexity at scale and to empower communities to manage and fund themselves effectively.

2020

A network of funds

2020

A network of funds

2023 -

A platform for funding

We have a lot in store for the next 5 to 10 years.

With a primary focus on advancing the validation of Pensieve as a coordination platform that enhances transparency, accountability, and community-driven legitimacy within the Ethereum ecosystem, our third iteration aims to coordinate the development of tools that answer the ‘What, Why, and How’ behind every community’s innovative initiatives.

2023 -

A platform for funding

We have a lot in store for the next 5 to 10 years.

2023 -

A platform for funding

We have a lot in store for the next 5 to 10 years.

CORE CONTRIBUTORS

We are an interdisciplinary team of researchers, designers and developers distributed around all corners of the world

ED of Ethereum Community Fund

Drivenfast

Product

notkitty

Operations

Reno

Fullstack | Web3

Zed

Fullstack | Web3

Leo

Front-end Engineer

Matteo

Communications & Research

Marco Gervasi

Data Security, Privacy Advisor

Jiraya

Contributor

Alddo

Contributor

Anne

Contributor

Kelly

Contributor

About ECF

Since 2018 the ECF team have been supporting and funding the development of real web3 infrastructure, today we are building the frameworks for everyone to coordinate their support for the technologies they find to be legitimate and necessary for the space.

Ethereum community founded public goods, since 2018

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