---
title: "Allocation Update - Q2 2026"
url: https://daily.dev/posts/allocation-update---q2-2026-2ptjj45tu
source_url: https://blog.ethereum.org/en/2026/08/18/allocation-q2-26
type: article
source: "Ethereum"
published: 2026-08-18T12:13:18.430Z
updated: 2026-08-18T12:27:10.646Z
tags: ["blockchain", "ethereum", "zero-knowledge-proofs"]
reading_time: 12
upvotes: 0
comments: 0
language: en
---

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# Allocation Update - Q2 2026

**[Ethereum](https://daily.dev/sources/ethereum)** · 12 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments

## Summary

The Ethereum Foundation's Ecosystem Support Program lists its Q2 2026 grant allocations, covering dozens of funded projects across protocol research, client development, zero-knowledge proofs, cryptography, security tooling, privacy, and ecosystem/education initiatives. Highlights include continued funding for consensus clients (Lodestar, Lighthouse, Ream, Gean), ZK proving infrastructure (Ethproofs on-prem GPU initiatives), formal verification efforts (Verity, CompPoly, LeanAgent), AI-assisted security scanning tools (Cantina Apex, Octane, ETHeorem), privacy tooling (Kohaku wallet, Quixote, Open Anonymity Project), and numerous EF internship program tracks spanning cryptography, protocol security, zkEVM, and consensus research.

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