Entering the era of lattice SNARKs – with a faster, post-quantum Jolt
Today we are releasing Lattice Jolt, a new version of our open source zkVM (zero knowledge virtual machine).
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Join Us: EF Protocol Reddit AMA - September 16th, 2026
Every year since January 2019, teams from the Ethereum Foundation have spent an afternoon or two on r/ethereum answering questions from the...
Report: Stablecoins Are Reshaping Remittances
New report on stablecoin remittances covering four implementation paths for money transfer operators, corridor overviews, and case studies.
EF Protocol: Current and Emerging Priorities
In May, the Protocol cluster welcomed a trio of new cluster coordinators and promised updates to follow. After months of settling in and aligning...
EF Protocol: The Hegotá EIP Opinion Post and Tier List
This is the EF Protocol cluster’s tier list for Hegotá. We evaluated the 62 EIPs proposed for inclusion, each with a tier and a short note on the...
Investing in OpenReserve: the bank that never closes
Proud to lead OpenReserves $25 million seed round.
When throughput is not enough: What financial markets need from blockchains
Throughput was only the first test.
Investing in Félix
A16z crypto is proud to lead Félix's Series C.
How Argentina uses stablecoins, in 5 charts
Stablecoins solved an urgent problem in Argentina. Then people kept using them.
Beyond slop, taste, and AI moral panic: What social science tells us
In the early 18th century, if you lived in London and you wanted to slander an opponent or rival, you could head to Grub Street, a slum just north...
Habits of AI writing, and what to do about them
A guide for founders who write: The hallmarks of AI writing — filler phrases, Alexa voice, over-structure, em dashes — and when to edit or embrace them.
Raising machine-checked security benchmarks to advance hash-based SNARKs through agentic collaboration
better.codes, an open autoresearch challenge built by the Ethereum Foundation Formal Verification team in collaboration with Yukon and zkSecurity,...
Allocation Update - Q2 2026
Q2 2026 carried forward our focus on advancing Ethereum’s resilience and capabilities, supporting key work in zero-knowledge proofs, client...
Announcing the Platåberget Testnet
tl;dr: Meet Platåberget: Glamsterdam's (Gloas + Amsterdam) early testing ground open to public participation. This upgrade comes with breaking...
The 'useless' theory behind modern SNARKs (ft. Gödel Prize winner Noam Nisan)
Gödel Prize winner Noam Nisan on the sum-check protocol — how a "purely theoretical" proof technique became the engine behind fast, modern SNARKs.
5 charts: How crypto cards are driving stablecoin spend
Stablecoins are increasingly being spent by card swipe. Crypto payment cards have gone from a novelty to more than $750 million in monthly spend....
9 key moments from Marc Andreessen and Chris Dixon on the CLARITY Act
9 key moments from Marc Andreessen and Chris Dixon on the CLARITY Act
How Zero-Knowledge Proofs Were Invented (ft. Co-Inventor and Turing Award Winner Shafi Goldwasser)
Turing Award winner Shafi Goldwasser tells the origin story of zero-knowledge proofs, from mental poker and interactive proofs to SNARKs,...
Why CLARITY can’t wait: A Q&A on the market structure bill with Marc Andreessen and Chris Dixon
Marc Andreessen and Chris Dixon on why the market structure bill can't wait
Announcing a Trillion Dollar Security grant for WEBCAT
The Ethereum Foundation’s Trillion Dollar Security (1TS) initiative is proud to announce a grant allocation to Freedom of the Press Foundation...
Marc Andreessen & Chris Dixon: Why America needs the CLARITY Act
Marc Andreessen and Chris Dixon on the fight over crypto market structure, why regulatory clarity matters, and what is at stake for America’s...
From corporation to crowd: How organizations evolved through time and technology
The corporation solved the coordination problems of the industrial age. The DUNA — a new legal entity — does the same for decentralized networks.