# EF-Supported Teams: Research & Development Update

DevFeed: [EF-Supported Teams: Research & Development Update](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/ef-supported-teams-research-development-update-16939.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://blog.ethereum.org/en/2020/12/09/ef-supported-teams-research-and-development-update-2020-pt-2>)

Author: Ethereum Foundation

Published: 2020-12-09T00:00:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

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

Topics: [Ethereum](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ethereum.md>), [zero-knowledge](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/zero-knowledge.md>), [Zero-knowledge proof](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/zkp.md>), [Application Development](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/application-development.md>)

Tags: [application-development](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/application-development.md>), [audit](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/audit.md>), [contribution](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/contribution.md>), [development](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/development.md>), [ethereum](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ethereum.md>), [organizational](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/organizational.md>), [privacy](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/privacy.md>), [research](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/research.md>), [research-development](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/research-development.md>), [teams](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/teams.md>), [update](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/update.md>)

## AI overview

This Ethereum Foundation update reviews progress from EF-supported teams, including research and development related to Ethereum. It highlights the Applied ZKP team's Perpetual Powers of Tau ceremony, its participation and verification model, and related work on Semaphore and other Ethereum projects.

## Source excerpt

Friends, Leaves have fallen for those in the global north, Summer is on the way in the south, and ETH is staked across the globe. The jolliest of holidays has arrived, the birth of the beacon chain. Moreover, incredible progress has been made in recent months by all EF...