SSV Grant ecosystem update 01

Hey Everyone, I have created this grant ecosystem updated for the community. All these information is public and transparent, but think it is valuable to have this information all in one place.
Any feedback welcome. I have also published the same document to my hackmd.

SSV Grant ecosystem update 01

Overview

There has been a significant progress with most grantees in the last few months.

Teams building LSD pools Staking & Operator services have been focusing on launching functional testnet deployment.

Teams building tooling have been working hard on making every other project’s life in the ecosystem easier. Notification services (Hal, Hellman) have launched on Goerli, Key splitting UI has been built and a new ssv explorer, node rating, node metadata and DKG teams are making good progress.

Note: I have decided to use full links instead of link targets since it’s a much better security practice and I believe it is worth the slightly worse readability.

Important Links

Approved Grants

Go to place to keep track of all grantees, what is the state of grant, final applications and a good general overview of the whole grantee ecosystem.

Milestone updates

Program expenses and all executed milestones.

Useful developer resources

For developer focused updates check the latest SSV Developer ecosystem update.

Grantees updates

Staking pools (LSD)

Stakestar

Latest milestone:

The team has finished Milestone 3 - Testing on testnet.

Description:

User-friendly, intuitive and reliable Ethereum 2.0 staking pool using the SSV Network.

Test their app is running on Goerli, https://app.stakestar.io/.

Forum post & final application:

https://file.notion.so/f/s/7cc01035-3e00-4a1f-a13a-01696a9a83e4/SSV_Staking_Pool_Proposal.pdf?spaceId=a088b8c1-1d07-4b95-86be-4e3b9b0ef925&table=block&id=7771415f-24cb-4ee2-ae82-11063a08a486&expirationTimestamp=1678431599838&signature=2UdbauXV5VvE9U_Of5QJ_-em_mri7RdWPxlZEmA1jwE&downloadName=SSV+Staking+Pool+Proposal.pdf

Frens

Latest milestone:

The team has finished Milestone 1 - MVP v2 (testnet).

Description:

Frens’ novel approach is a staking pool factory that allows anyone to spin up and run non-custodial Ethereum staking pools using SSV.

Test their app is running on Goerli, https://frens-network.vercel.app/.

Forum post & final application:

https://file.notion.so/f/s/d6ce9337-0ab0-4396-b9b5-e0ed00d434f4/Frens_Open_Grant_Application_v2.pdf?spaceId=a088b8c1-1d07-4b95-86be-4e3b9b0ef925&table=block&id=948c3b5b-d5d0-43c4-93ae-184abe7f5e6a&expirationTimestamp=1678436260217&signature=__eYNUWJMi2Nycn9qk3EEf4g6dgPRlvA8A45d-O1aIA&downloadName=Frens_Open_Grant_Application_v2.pdf

Casimir

Latest milestone:

The team has finished Latest milestone 2 - Smart Contract and UI/UX Design (Phase 1).

Description:

Currently the team is exploring and testing a custom DKG implementation with which they will be able to launch first fully trustless staking pools ahead of official DKG support provided by ssv nodes.

Forum post & final application:

https://file.notion.so/f/s/666532b2-5b8a-4193-88e8-a427f31a1140/SSV_Casimir_Grant.pdf?spaceId=a088b8c1-1d07-4b95-86be-4e3b9b0ef925&table=block&id=79acd8e3-5297-47b4-b857-f5e45edf8a50&expirationTimestamp=1678431800780&signature=-4WF6LnusciW9BIuvgKebZt7U4T7f5RCAYBmbe0yg0U&downloadName=SSV+Casimir+Grant.pdf

Staking services

Chainup

Latest milestone:

The team has finished Milestone 1 - Delivery of MVP on Testnet.

Description:

Aside of running a validator, Chainup cloud also allows its user to run SSV operator with few easy clicks.
Test the Test their app is running on Goerli at ChainUp Cloud.

You can also watch video demo at https://youtu.be/JRp1XFvXH8w

Check Running Operator Node documentation at https://docs.chainupcloud.com/validator-node/ssv/running-operator-node

Check Staking with SSV documentation at https://docs.chainupcloud.com/staking/staking-on-ethereum/how-to-stake-1

Forum post & final application:

https://file.notion.so/f/s/4ab24da3-a678-4c2c-bab1-1575f3cad3a5/SSV_x_ChainUp_Partnership_Proposal_(SSV_Nodes__Staking_Aggregator).pdf?spaceId=a088b8c1-1d07-4b95-86be-4e3b9b0ef925&table=block&id=fe131ec2-a13e-411a-be39-b1ba10e5be98&expirationTimestamp=1678432922558&signature=nfyjfCQKEJ_p5oigAfBgkbiVUQtXZSiDh19Mf9FfeoI&downloadName=SSV+x+ChainUp+Partnership+Proposal+(SSV+Nodes+%2B+Staking+Aggregator).pdf

Moonstake

Decentralized platform for Ethereum 2.0 and SSV staking

Latest milestone:

The team has finished Milestone 1 - System design & UI/UX design

Description:

Decentralized platform for Ethereum 2.0 and SSV staking.

Check system design document Milestone 1 - SSV-StakingDAO-ProductDesign - Google Docs

Check UI/UX design Milestone 1 - UI/UX Design.pdf - Google Drive

Forum post & final application:

https://file.notion.so/f/s/3dd94664-99c2-48c1-9afb-e83d255f79a2/SSV_Grant_-_Moonstake.pdf?spaceId=a088b8c1-1d07-4b95-86be-4e3b9b0ef925&table=block&id=c2af7301-bc6a-471c-8878-2e0db9d4c90f&expirationTimestamp=1678436550837&signature=-rt2SJatksaxAQnWko419c5c-raDV90F7McI_4e6bOU&downloadName=SSV_Grant_-_Moonstake.pdf

Tools

Avado

Building the operator package for AVADO.

Latest milestone:

The team has finished Milestone 1 - Milestone 1: building the operator package for AVADO on goerli testnet

Description:

If you run own Avado staking hardware, run a SSV operator.

Check the repository at GitHub - AvadoDServer/AVADO-DNP-SSV

Forum post & final application:

https://file.notion.so/f/s/027d9fc4-cd31-4c53-9ccc-0014fa67e4bf/AVADO_SSV.network_open_grant_proposal-v2.1.pdf?spaceId=a088b8c1-1d07-4b95-86be-4e3b9b0ef925&table=block&id=edfc7129-4dd5-4e3e-9d1a-5897e91bb1a3&expirationTimestamp=1678434308136&signature=grBpvGPlw6dEsVj2jhTNmAUTPuQIQgj0PIxyk0h5lSo&downloadName=AVADO_SSV.network_open_grant_proposal-v2.1.pdf

Funding

$50 million DVT ecosystem fund has launched

Grants are going strong, predefined(LSP, SAAS) & micro & open & bug bounties

DAO Grants | SSV Network

Dates of note

Q1 (end of) - Launch of V3 testnet (Release candidate)

Q2 (end of) - Tentative mainnet launch

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