It’s always fun to hear about new grants as they’re awarded, but what happens after the announcement? In this series, we’ll review a couple of projects that are underway, or already on the finish line. Read on for some recent recipient milestones and accomplishments!
service page for Ethereum India Scholarship 2.0
Devfolio’s Ethereum India Fellowship 2.0 had two tracks, each targeting different groups during rigorous 8 weeks of training and mentoring with the goal of bringing talented developers into the Ethereum ecosystem. Track 1 brought together 20 talented Web2 developers with little to no blockchain experience to:
- Learn the building blocks for Ethereum development such as Solidity, Remix, and Hardhat
- Explore a variety of use cases, from defi to DAO, NFT, and decentralized storage
- Work on an Ethereum-based project of your choice
Track 2 focused on intermediate Web3 developers to focus more intensely on developing a project for the full 8 weeks. Projects ranged from novel L2 implementations to secure privacy infrastructure, mentored by industry veterans.
He EtherPunk Online HackathonTaking place during the first half of the fellowship program, it was a timely opportunity for fellows to submit their projects to the hackathon and connect with top developers for presentations and feedback sessions.
The interns accomplished a lot during and after the program: Developers who started the program with little to no knowledge of Ethereum have already won thousands of dollars in hackathon prizes and internships at leading companies in the ecosystem. You can see the final project presentations of the fellows here.
Keep up with ETHIndia on Twitter @ethindiacoand see the Devfolio Blog for news about future events!
Web3 Labs for web3j
Web3j is a JVM and Android integration library for Ethereum, created with the goal of making it easier for Java developers to work with Ethereum. Java is one of the most common languages used in enterprise environments, and JVM (Java Virtual Machine) is one of the most widely used development platforms. First launched by Web3 Labs founder Conor Svensson in 2016 with the goal of supporting JVM developers, Web3j has been developed and maintained by Web3 Labs since 2017. Web3 Labs received a grant for its continued work on Web3j, with recent work including:
- Web3j update documentation
- Updating the expert plugin
- Solidity library dependency management development
- Addition of smart contract migration support
The Web3 Labs team will continue to be the stewards of Web3j, with work planned including improvements to the developer experience, implementation of the eth2 client open API, and making enhancements requested in a recent user survey, as well as ongoing maintenance.
Follow Web3 Labs on Twitter @web3labs or contribute to Web3J at Github.
Are you working on something that you think could change Ethereum for the better? go to our grants page to learn more about what we look for in the projects we finance.
