On July thirtieth at 3:26:13 PM +UTC, Ethereum will rejoice 10 years because the genesis block.
Ethereum has come a great distance. It got here to life, survived and thrived in opposition to all odds, and led to breakthroughs in tokenization, fundraising, DeFi and digital possession. It is bootstrapped total industries, and is now reshaping how we now take into consideration cash, id, and coordination. What started as a whitepaper and an ideal experiment is reworking into the worldwide settlement layer for the world. And 10 years in, Ethereum continues to be simply getting began.
Working along with the neighborhood, the Ethereum Basis might be supporting a sequence of world meetups, onchain artifacts, and a livestream to ring within the subsequent decade of Ethereum collectively.
When you have your personal concepts or visions for methods to rejoice Ethereum’s 10 12 months anniversary, we would love to listen to about them and assist deliver consideration to community-driven tasks from around the globe. Get in contact at 10years@ethereum.org
Host a ten Years of Ethereum Meetup
10 Years of Ethereum Meetups are a sequence of world meetups to rejoice the ten 12 months anniversary of the Genesis block. These meetups might be only a easy get-together to rejoice along with your native ethereum neighborhood members, or a bigger gathering.
These occasions ought to happen on July 30, 2025. They’re self-organized and completely unbiased.
To assist area people organizers in working these meetups to rejoice, the Ecosystem Assist Program will present funding for meetups across the globe with as much as $500 USD every.
The deadline to use for funding is June fifteenth, 2025.
Who ought to apply
We wish to hear from organizers of:
- Meetups
- College golf equipment
- Grassroots communities
- Native schooling initiatives or tasks
Eligibility
To be eligible for assist, your occasion should be:
- Ethereum targeted
- Free to attend
- Open to anybody
- Scheduled for July 30, 2025
The right way to apply
- Submit this form along with your occasion particulars and finances requests.
- Wait to listen to again in your utility
- Host your occasion and be a part of the livestream!
As soon as you’ve got submitted your utility, we’ll observe up by e-mail.
Choice Standards
- What’s the function of the funding request?
- Does the group have a historical past of organizing profitable occasions?
Subsequent steps
For any common assist questions on your submission, please e-mail grant-rounds@ethereum.org.
Steadily requested questions
Who can submit proposals for a ten Years of Ethereum Meetup?
Anybody! Occasions of any dimension, location, or demographic are welcome to use so long as they meet the applying standards.
What are the necessities for the applying?
- Please learn the eligibility standards above to ensure your occasion is eligible.
- Occasions could also be held in any language, however we’re at present solely in a position to settle for proposals in English.
- Occasions should be publicly posted and have a shareable url or meetup hyperlink.
What if I miss the deadline, my occasion will not be eligible, or I wish to request an quantity above the restrict of this spherical?
You’ll be able to at all times submit an inquiry for sponsorship or different assist by the Ecosystem Support Program (ESP), the EF’s common assist initiative.
