We’re happy to announce that Pairwise has been selected for a Seed Grant from @StarknetFndn 🌀 We’re super excited to be bringing smarter, community-driven funding to Starknet - powered by ranked-choice voting, liquid democracy, and onchain attestations. Here’s what that means 👇

More support for Ethereum Security QF Round projects! Thanks to @blockscout, every project in the round is eligible for a free one-month upgrade to one of Blockscout's developer plans. 🔹 Top 10 projects: Business API Plan (3B Credits/month @ 50 RPS) 🔹 Projects 11-134: Pro Plan (500M Credits/month @ 30 RPS) Eligible projects will receive an email from Giveth with instructions on how to claim their upgrade. Huge thanks to Blockscout for supporting the teams helping keep Ethereum secure. 🛡️

Ethereum security is an ecosystem effort 🛡️ Tomorrow we'll hear from @wintermute_t, @Quantstamp, @sigp_io , @Certora, and @chain_security on why they supported the round and where Ethereum security funding should go next. 👇 x.com/i/spaces/1YxNrrvEqYNxw…

🛡️ The results for the @thedaofund’s Ethereum Security QF Round are LIVE! This historic round is closing with a HUGE last minute contribution: @wintermute_t has added $200K to the matching pool 🔥 Wintermute is a well known liquidity provider, and one of the leading supporters of Ethereum security, in fact exactly a year ago today they donated $1M to @_SEAL_Org. This year they teamed up with TheDAO, @Quantstamp & several other community partners to allocate over $1.6M worth of funding to Ethereum Security Public Goods 👇

One of the strongest security teams in Ethereum is hiring 🔥 If you want to work on the front lines of blockchain security, @chain_security is one of the best places to do it.

Big thank you to @WeAreTellor for joining the final push for Ethereum security 🫶 With a little over 4 hours left in the round, every bit of support helps push more funding toward the projects protecting the ecosystem. Really appreciate Tellor getting involved!

More good news for Ethereum security 🔥 @osec_io has joined the final push, contributing $7K across 40 projects through their ETHSecurity badgeholder. With badgeholder donations carrying boosted influence in matching, this contribution goes even further. Huge thank you to OtterSec! 💜

.@Quantstamp gets it 😭 24 hours left to support Ethereum security projects in the QF round 👇 qf.giveth.io/qf/ethereum-sec…

We’re excited to announce that @sigp_io is contributing to the Ethereum Security QF round 🛡️ Sigma Prime is bringing their whole team into the round, giving 50 team members $250 each to support the projects they believe in. 50 people. 50 independent choices. More funding directed by people who understand Ethereum security and the work needed to strengthen it. Huge thanks to @sigp_io for supporting Ethereum security. Explore the round 👇 qf.giveth.io/qf/ethereum-sec…

We’re going live in 3 hours 🛡️ Join us for the Ethereum Security QF Project Showcase and hear directly from the projects working to make Ethereum safer. We’ll also have @MatthiasEgli from @chain_security joining as a special guest. Come discover who to support in the round 👇

BIG NEWS! @CertiK, the largest security firm in Web3, is contributing $50,000 to the Ethereum Security QF round. 🔥 Their contribution will be distributed through TIK - the CertiK Giveth QF Security Donation Token, giving each of @thedaofund Top 200 ETHSecurity badgeholders $250 to allocate across projects in the round. Huge thanks to @CertiK for supporting Ethereum security in such a meaningful way. Explore the round 👇 qf.giveth.io/qf/ethereum-sec…

We’re back with more 🔥 Join us this Wednesday for the second Ethereum Security QF Project Showcase Come hear directly from the projects working to make Ethereum safer and discover who to support in the round. Set your reminder 👇 x.com/i/spaces/1XxygmOVznRGM

Tomorrow 2pm UTC Join @jchaskin22 & @griffgreen for a special edition of Ethereum Builders Live. They'll review the 100 projects in @thedaofund's Quadratic Funding Round—@Giveth's biggest QF round. Learn about the projects working to keep Ethereum secure. x.com/i/broadcasts/1pJdRbXpV…

Continuing on the path of uncovering the personal side of building big things… @griffgreen leads @thedaofund, founded @Giveth, @dappnode and has been an ever-present figure in our ecosystem ever since his key role in the White Hat response to The DAO hack. This episode is a conversation captured at @EthCC [9] and Griff shares an anarchist’s path from Seattle Supersonics die hard fan to needing little more than 60k to retire, the importance of security and the vulnerable reality that after years of experimentation, succeeding in making non-profits profitable still eludes him (for now...) This is the human arc: the wild stories, real emotions and the truth about being here now.

Reminder: our first Ethereum Security QF project showcase is happening today 🛡️ Projects from the round will be joining to share what they’re working on. Come listen in, discover the projects, and find work to support 👇

We’re opening applications for Round Operators to help run future TheDAO Security Fund rounds. If your team is building serious DAO tooling, we’d love to hear from you. Full details in the blog: paragraph.com/@thedao.fund/t…

If you want to be part of the first TheDAO Security Fund round, now’s the time to apply. Submit by April 15 to be reviewed before the round opens on April 21.

The Giveth team will be joining the ReFi Breakout Session at @EthCC alongside @CeloOrg and others working on real-world impact through Web3 🌳 🗓 March 31 🕑 2PM CEST Come join us if you’re around. se.ro/events/refi-breakout-s…

Episode 5 of CypherTalk podcast is live🎙️ On CypherTalk podcast (Ep. 5: TheDAO Security Fund with Griff Green), @griffgreen joins @beyer_st and @pumpkinGMI to reflect on the DAO hack, the evolution of Ethereum security, and why funding security is still a systemic challenge. This ties directly to @thedaofund’s first Security Fund round, a major step toward community-driven security funding.

TheDAO Security Fund’s first round is out! We’re kicking things off with a broadly scoped Ethereum Security quadratic funding round on Giveth as the first move in our bottom-up distribution strategy. Why QF? Because we wanted the first round to do more than just allocate funds. QF is still one of the most powerful funding mechanisms Ethereum has produced. It gives the community a real voice, helps projects build awareness around their work, and creates extra upside for the Ethereum security space beyond the funding itself. That felt like the right energy for a first round. Not to mention, QF could also bring in meaningful donations on top of the pool. Extra funding for security is always good! Why keep the scope broad? There are so many projects out there building tools, standards, infrastructure, response systems, and protections that make Ethereum safer every single day, but this work is easy to miss if you’re not deep in it already. This round gives that work a chance to gain better adoption. We hope the many projects, tools, newsletters (and more) that join the round will become more widely known by everyone who participates, especially the ETHSecurity Badgeholders. This new awareness around what is already out there will, in itself, improve Ethereum security. Why Giveth? Because Giveth is already working closely on TheDAO Security Fund’s operations, including standing up the ETHSecurity Badges program, and going forward, they’ll also be working with all of our round operators. That made them the natural choice for running the first round. This first round is not just about getting funds out the door. It’s also about getting a real process in motion, learning from it, and making the next rounds better because of it. And on a practical level, Giveth is also the only Ethereum-focused team still actively running QF rounds at this scale. Read all about the round here 👇