A roadmap for funding Ethereum’s Open Source infrastructure

Authors @sejalrekhan97 and @devansh76 propose a three-phase roadmap for funding Ethereum's open source infrastructure independently of the Ethereum Foundation, which they say has a finite runway at prices under $2000. The phases are broad listening through tools such as Polis or Talk to the City, a public L2Beat-style dashboard tracking who funds which repos, and a pledge in which L2s, DAOs and apps commit 1% of token airdrops to Protocol Guild and 2% of protocol revenue or fees to their own dependencies. As an example of local dependencies, they cite Curve Finance using Vyper more than Solidity, which they say makes funding Vyper in Curve's self-interest.