The Developer Tooling & Infrastructure QF Round is dedicated to strengthening the foundation of the Ethereum ecosystem. With a $200,000 matching pool, this round supports the open-source builders, client teams, and researchers whose work ensures that Ethereum remains secure, scalable, and accessible for developers worldwide.
Ethereum’s growth depends not only on cutting-edge applications but also on the invisible backbone of infrastructure that makes those applications possible. This round highlights projects that advance core clients, staking diversity, security, scalability, wallet privacy, and developer tooling, all of which are essential to the long-term resilience of the network.
We aim to fund projects that strengthen the Ethereum ecosystem’s foundational infrastructure by supporting projects crucial for its development, scalability, and security, and improve developer efficiency in the OSS and Web3 ecosystems through supportive tooling, libraries, and data analytics tools.