The ssv.network Grants Program is a community-led grants program to fund development teams building decentralized staking applications and services with the intent of promoting and accelerating development and innovation by developers building on top of the network.
Predefined Grants
| Title | Description | Amount |
|---|---|---|
Develop a staking pool on SSV or integrate SSV with an existing pool. Basic functionality is being able to stake whatever amount of ETH | $30K - $70K | |
Run a staking service that uses SSV as its backend. Operation should manage SSV related barriers such as fees and payments on behalf of stakers. | $30K - $50K | |
Run a staking service that uses SSV as its backend. Operation should manage SSV related barriers such as fees and payments on behalf of stakers. Core requirement is being non-custodial and enabling the selection of any set of network operators. | Up to $100K | |
A service that has DAOs as its users, enabling DAOs to easily allocate and manage staked ETH. | Up to $100K | |
Enable defi protocols holding ETH to stake in a decentralized way. | Up to $100K |
Micro-grants (<$5K)
| Title | Description | Amount |
|---|---|---|
Develop open-source staking pool contracts that integrate to the ssv.network on the Goerli testnet (integration reference). Implementation should cover: • Validators registry initialization and upkeep • Validator activation (beacon chain deposit & ssv.network registration) • stETH minting, redemptions and rebasing | $5K | |
Create an open-source white-label interface for solo stakers that could be utilized by 3rd parties (e.g. staking service for their B2C onboarding) to stake through the ssv.network. The interface needs to be configured to hardcode validator operations to a specific cluster of operators or present only operators within a whitelist of operators. | $1.5K | |
Create code snippets in solidity to support and enrich the “staking pools” integration guide in the ssv.network documentation: • Validators registry setup • Deposits management • Validator activation • Liquid Staking Derivative Rebasing • Management Functions | $1K |
Retroactive Awards
Unlike the other grant types, Micro-Grants can be awarded in advance but more often retroactively. Micro-Grants honor those who significantly contributed to the community and the project in unforeseen ways and where those efforts don't match one of the other grant areas. A single committee member can award micro-grants up to $5k. Anyone in the community can be awarded or suggest a candidate. A good example of a Micro-Grant is the creation of smaller tools for the ecosystem or significant moderation, marketing, or support during specific periods, e.g., the incentivized testnet.
Micro-Grant payments are 100% in SSV.
Open Grants
A completely open grant allocation of 75K SSV + $750 USDC, where it is up to the applicants to describe and justify the requested amount.
Open grants MUST NOT copy any of the pre-defined grants.
Open grant payments are encouraged to be in SSV or up to 30% in USDC (depending on the token inventory available).
Bug Bounties
Our $1M Bug Bounty program is powered by Immunefi. You can find more details about the program here.
Bug bounty payments are 100% in SSV.