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Wishlist Applications
The Wishlist identifies key gaps and opportunities within the ecosystem. Instead of prescribing specific approaches, it invites builders to propose ideas and initiatives that address these priorities.
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Select from the available Wishlist items below and submit your application. Please review the item details carefully and explain how your background and approach align with the project requirements. Provide clear information on your methodology, timeline, and deliverables.
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Existing Tooling for Ethereum Developers
Ethereum developers depend on reliable, up-to-date tooling to write secure code, catch bugs early, and ship faster. High-quality developer tools are essential for building on Ethereum. Although the ecosystem has matured, gaps remain. Some tools are under maintained, others might be falling behind on features that developers need. Continued investment in maintaining and improving existing developer tooling helps the entire ecosystem build more safely and efficiently. We are seeking proposals to sustain, improve, and extend *existing* developer tools in the Ethereum ecosystem that improve the experience of writing, testing, debugging, deploying, or maintaining Ethereum applications and smart contracts. This includes, but are not limited to, expanding work on compilers, language tooling, testing frameworks, static analysers, debuggers, formal verification tools, client libraries in various programming languages, IDE integrations, account abstraction infrastructure, data indexing, and other established infrastructure that Ethereum developers rely on.
Glamsterdam Grants Round
The upcoming Glamsterdam upgrade is expected to introduce changes to EVM capabilities, protocol architecture, Ethereum's gas pricing, etc. Among the changes being considered are a comprehensive gas repricing package, new EVM opcodes, increased max contract size, native ETH transfer logs, validator exit/consolidation improvements, and two protocol-level headliners: Enshrined Proposer-Builder Separation (ePBS) and Block-Level Access Lists (BALs). Some of these changes, particularly gas repricing, may affect every transaction and deployed contract on Ethereum. We are seeking grant proposals that help the Ethereum community prepare for and adapt to the Glamsterdam upgrade. Areas of interest include, but are not limited to: - Developer tooling updates - Impact analysis tooling - Added support for block explorers and indexers - Validator tooling - Monitoring tooling - Data-driven research Proposals should include clear deliverables, milestones, and a realistic timeline. Evidence of demonstrable prior relevant work – such as contributions to previous upgrade readiness efforts, existing open-source Ethereum tooling, or published research on protocol changes – will be considered favourably during evaluation. For reference, the previous Pectra Grant Round awarded a total of around $250k across more than 10 projects. Note: some Glamsterdam EIPs are still under consideration and may not be included in the final upgrade. Applicants should review the current status of relevant EIPs via EIP-7773 and Forkcast.org.
