# Building Together: Execution-Layer Client Ecosystem Fundraise

DevFeed: [Building Together: Execution-Layer Client Ecosystem Fundraise](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/building-together-execution-layer-client-ecosystem-fundraise-16974.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://blog.ethereum.org/en/2021/08/24/building-together>)

Author: Ethereum Foundation

Published: 2021-08-24T00:00:00Z

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>), [Open Source](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/open-source.md>), [Development](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/development.md>)

Tags: [community](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/community.md>), [development](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/development.md>), [ethereum](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ethereum.md>), [funding](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/funding.md>), [growth](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/growth.md>), [infrastructure](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/infrastructure.md>), [network](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/network.md>), [open-source](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/open-source.md>), [organizational](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/organizational.md>)

## AI overview

The Ethereum Foundation announces a fundraise in which Compound Grants, Kraken, Lido, Synthetix, The Graph, and Uniswap Grants will each donate $250,000 to support Ethereum execution-layer client teams. The initiative supplements the Foundation's ongoing funding and aims to strengthen client diversity and reduce reliance on any single team or entity.

## Source excerpt

Ethereum's diverse client ecosystem is at the foundation of all that we're building together. This includes both execution-layer and consensus-layer clients, both of which are essential parts of Ethereum's post-merge future. Supporting execution-layer (formerly "Eth1") clients remains one of the Ethereum Foundation's highest priorities. These client teams have supported...