Ethereum Core Development — Funding Network
Protocol
Guild Fund
Securing the future of Ethereum core development.
Protocol Guild Fund is the leading independent funding organization for Ethereum core developers. We proactively fund maintainers doing work the ecosystem depends on.
Our mission is to secure Ethereum’s future by funding core contributors.
Core Contributors
Active core contributors
Across client teams, consensus research, and protocol specification
Funding since
An independent mechanism, running continuously for four years
Committed by ecosystem partners
Vested over four years directly to individual contributors
Funding
Funding Ethereum’s public goods
Protocol Guild enables sustainable funding for Ethereum core contributors through recurring support from aligned ecosystem participants.
Recurring, not one-off
Donations vest over four years directly to contributors, creating a stable, predictable income stream rather than a single grant.
The 1% Pledge
Ecosystem projects commit one percent of their token supply to the Guild, aligning long-term incentives between protocols and the people who build them.
No stewardship strings
Funding carries no voting power or influence over protocol decisions, which continue in existing venues like All Core Devs calls.
Token
Tokenomics
A simple, transparent structure — 4% tax auto-donated directly to protocolguild.eth to sustain Ethereum core development.