# Announcing the Client Incentive Program

DevFeed: [Announcing the Client Incentive Program](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/announcing-the-client-incentive-program-16996.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://blog.ethereum.org/en/2021/12/13/client-incentive-program>)

Author: Ethereum Foundation

Published: 2021-12-13T00:00:00Z

Content type: release

Language: en

Sources: [Ethereum Foundation Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/ethereum-foundation-blog.md>)

Topics: [client](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/client.md>), [Ethereum](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ethereum.md>), [Network](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/network.md>), [Protocol (disambiguation)](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/protocol.md>), [Security](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/security.md>), [Development](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/development.md>)

Tags: [development](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/development.md>), [go](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/go.md>), [network](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/network.md>), [organizational](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/organizational.md>), [protocol](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/protocol.md>), [security](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/security.md>), [software](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/software.md>)

## AI overview

The Ethereum Foundation announces a Client Incentive Program that provides client teams with ETH-denominated rewards and validator allocations, subject to continued maintenance, performance, security, and contribution requirements. The program is intended to support client diversity, network resilience, and long-term Ethereum development.

## Source excerpt

Note: this post was updated on April 4, 2022 to include a full copy of the Client Incentive Program details. A diverse set of clients is key to the Ethereum network's health and decentralization. Diversity ensures that innovation continues at the base layer of the protocol, that the network...