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Ecosystem Support Program(ESP) Merge Data Challenge 2022

The Merge is coming, providing a more secure and sustainable home for Ethereum—as well as more data, lots and lots of data. And the Ethereum community needs your help to make sense of it all.

  • What new visualizations help provide insight into proof-of-stake Ethereum?
  • How do the consensus layer and execution layer interact? Are there differences across client pairs in communication patterns, efficiency, etc? Are there good places to optimize?
  • What, if anything, changed on the network at the point of The Merge—block propagation times, p2p connections, transaction mempool performance, etc?
  • Did The Merge affect core Beacon Chain activity—attestation performance, blocks missed, sync committees?
  • Did user activity noticeably change after the Merge? What about MEV?
  • What new tools can you build to collect and analyze data in the post-Merge network?

Document your best Merge data insights in the most readable blog post possible—for prizes!

The Ethereum Foundation is running this challenge because there’s a lot to learn and discover from the Merge mainnet activity. Your findings will give the Ethereum community – from beginners to researchers and client developers – important insight into the Merge.

About Ecosystem Support Program(ESP)

Ecosystem Support Program(ESP) provideS grants and other support for open source projects that strengthen Ethereum's foundations, with a particular focus on builder tools, infrastructure, research and public goods. ESP focuses on strengthening Ethereum's foundations and enabling future builders: improving infrastructure, expanding the range of tools available to those building on Ethereum, deepening our understanding of cryptographic primitives, and growing the builder ecosystem through education and community development. The work we support is open source, non-commercial and ... continue reading

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ESP Merge Data Challenge

Application Deadline31 Oct 2022
TypeEntrepreneurs
SponsorEcosystem Support Program(ESP)
GenderMen and Women

Aim and Benefits of ESP Merge Data Challenge

  • Up to USD $30,000.

Requirements for ESP Merge Data Challenge Qualification

  • Open to Ethereans, data scientists, data engineers, data visualizers and developers.
  • Blog post must be in English.
    • There are no length requirements.
  • Blog posts must be public and original.
  • Data analysis or visualization must concern Merge network data.
  • Tools and scripts used (and created) must be free and open source and referenced in the blog post.


Interview date, Process and Venue for ESP Merge Data Challenge

Surprise the organisers with your creativity! But here are some judging criteria considerations:

  • Overall quality and clarity of data analysis or data visualization
  • Quality of insights into the Merge, clients, and Ethereum in general
  • Insights that lead to substantive changes/improvements in client implementations or specifications
  • Analyses or visualizations that help a non-technical audience gain insight into the network
  • Quality of contribution to the Ethereum tooling ecosystem (if applicable)

Application Deadline

October 31, 2022


How to Apply

Anyone is free to submit, here’s how:

  • Collect and analyze Merge data
    • Either with existing tools
    • Or for the extra ambitious, build your own tool and tell us about it!
  • Detail out your work in a blog post
  • Submit!

For more details,visit ESP website

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