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Funding sources
As a public goods company, L2BEAT is financed in the open by the community. For transparency, we are providing L2BEAT's funding sources below.
Those funding sources have been categorized based on the contribution amounts:
- Significant: Above 500,000 USD
- Medium: Between 100,000 USD and 500,000 USD
- Small: Below 100,000 USD
| Source / Project | Tier | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Ethereum Foundation | Significant | Different grants in years 2021-2025 |
| Rewards & compensation for participating in L2 governance frameworks | Medium | We are participating in the governance of Arbitrum, Optimism, Hop, Polygon, Uniswap, Scroll, Connext, and more |
| Processes and tooling around independent verification of ZK circuits | Medium | Grant from Worldcoin Foundation |
| DA solutions risk framework & dashboard | Medium | Grant from Celestia |
| Building infrastructure to count UOPS alongside TPS | Medium | Grant from Starknet Foundation |
| Optimism RPGF | Significant | March 2023, January 2024 |
| Gitcoin | Medium | Gitcoin rounds in 2022-2024 |
| Direct community donations | Small | Via this page |
| L2 Amsterdam (2022) conference sponsorships | Small | April 2022 Covered the costs of the conference |
| L2 Warsaw (2023) conference sponsorships | Small | August 2023 Covered the costs of the conference |
| L2DAYS Istanbul (2023) conference sponsorships | Medium | November 2023 Covered the costs of the conference |
| "Upgradeability of Ethereum L2s" report | Small | Funded by Polygon Labs |
| Open-source explorer for StarkEx deployments | Medium | Live at dydx.l2beat.com, view the code here. Funded by StarkWare and dYdX |
| Exploratory work around LayerZero transparency dashboard | Medium | Funded by LayerZero |
| DAC memberships | Small | Discontinued |