# Funding sources disclosure of L2Beat

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## Summary

L2BEAT has published a disclosure of its funding sources, saying it is financed by the community as a public goods company and grouping contributions as significant (above 500,000 USD), medium (100,000 to 500,000 USD) or small (below 100,000 USD). Listed significant sources include the Partnership Fund, a grant-based initiative where projects contribute financially, and the Ethereum Foundation, which made different grants in 2021 to 2025. Medium sources include grants from the Worldcoin Foundation, Celestia and the Starknet Foundation, along with Gitcoin rounds in 2022 to 2024. The page was last updated in October 2025.

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Funding sources

As a public goods company, ETHBEAT is financed in the open by the community. For transparency, we are providing ETHBEAT's funding sources below.

Those funding sources have been categorized based on the contribution amounts:

Significant: Above 500,000 USD

Medium: Between 100,000 USD and 500,000 USD

Small: Below 100,000 USD

Source / ProjectTierDescription

Partnership FundSignificantA grant-based funding initiative where projects contribute financially to ETHBEAT’s operations. Past partners: Arbitrum, ZKsync, Optimism, Polygon, EigenLayer, Cartesi, Nethermind

Ethereum FoundationSignificantDifferent grants in years 2021-2025

Rewards & compensation for participating in L2 governance frameworksMediumWe are participating in the governance of Arbitrum, Optimism, Hop, Polygon, Uniswap, Scroll, Connext, and more

Processes and tooling around independent verification of ZK circuitsMediumGrant from Worldcoin Foundation

DA solutions risk framework & dashboardMediumGrant from Celestia

Building infrastructure to count UOPS alongside TPSMediumGrant from Starknet Foundation

Optimism RPGFSignificantMarch 2023, January 2024

GitcoinMediumGitcoin rounds in 2022-2024

Direct community donationsSmallVia this page

L2 Amsterdam (2022) conference sponsorshipsSmall

April 2022

Covered the costs of the conference

L2 Warsaw (2023) conference sponsorshipsSmall

August 2023

Covered the costs of the conference

L2DAYS Istanbul (2023) conference sponsorshipsMedium

November 2023

Covered the costs of the conference

"Upgradeability of Ethereum L2s" reportSmallFunded by Polygon Labs

Open-source explorer for StarkEx deploymentsMediumLive at dydx.l2beat.com, view the code here. Funded by StarkWare and dYdX

Exploratory work around LayerZero transparency dashboardMediumFunded by LayerZero

DAC membershipsSmallDiscontinued

Last updated: October 2025