# EF-Supported Teams: Research & Development Update

DevFeed: [EF-Supported Teams: Research & Development Update](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/ef-supported-teams-research-development-update-16958.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://blog.ethereum.org/en/2021/04/26/ef-supported-teams-research-and-development-update-2021-pt-1>)

Author: Ethereum Foundation

Published: 2021-04-26T00:00:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

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

Topics: [Development](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/development.md>), [Ethereum](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ethereum.md>), [Network](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/network.md>), [Transactions](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/transactions.md>)

Tags: [atomic](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/atomic.md>), [audit](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/audit.md>), [development](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/development.md>), [ecdsa](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ecdsa.md>), [ethereum](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ethereum.md>), [graph](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/graph.md>), [interface](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/interface.md>), [network](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/network.md>), [organizational](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/organizational.md>), [research](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/research.md>), [research-development](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/research-development.md>), [smart-contract](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/smart-contract.md>), [transactions](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/transactions.md>), [update](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/update.md>), [upgrades](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/upgrades.md>)

## AI overview

This Ethereum Foundation update reports progress from several supported research and development teams. It covers projects including Zkopru, Hubble, and MACI, with updates on audits, rollups, throughput, smart-contract wallets, privacy-preserving peer search, and voting features.

## Source excerpt

Friends, The year ahead will be filled with upgrades and big ideas from across the Ethereum ecosystem. Since our last Supported Teams post (which followed the launch of the beacon chain), the network has seen 3.8+ million Ether staked, and 120K+ active validators online across multiple clients. In...