According to news on December 4, the Ethereum Foundation released an update report on funding projects for the third quarter of 2024. The report shows that the total amount of funding in the third quarter reached US$12.8488 million, with funding projects covering community education, consensus layer, cryptography and zero-knowledge proof, developer experience and tools, execution layer, Layer 2 and other fields. Among them, community education projects account for the largest proportion, including the EEA Industry Day conference held in Bangkok, Thailand, the ETH Pura Vida conference and hackathons held in San Jose, Costa Rica, and other activities. In the technical field, the foundation continues to support the development of consensus layer clients such as Lighthouse, Nimbus, and Grandine, as well as the upgrade and maintenance of development tools such as Web3.js and OpenZeppelin account abstract contracts. In addition, the report also shows that the foundation has provided funding for multiple zero-knowledge proof-related research projects.