The Ethereum Foundation opens the first round of ZK Grants with a prize pool of US$900,000

The Ethereum Foundation has announced the opening of the first round of ZK Grants. The Ethereum Foundation has partnered with Aztec, Polygon, Scroll, Taiko, and zkSync to launch this funding program to encourage research and development of zero-knowledge proofs and ZK L2 standards. This round of collaboration grants is the first round of the ecosystem support program, which will use funds and technical expertise from L2 participants. Each funder and the Ethereum Foundation have contributed $150,000 to the shared prize pool, totaling $900,000. The application window will be open for four weeks, from February 21, 2024, to March 18, 2024.