Time to meet our Epoch 8 cohort: 🧵 ⤵️

@blockscout @l2beat @solidity_lang @ProtocolGuild @growthepie_eth @vyperlang @ShutterNetwork @EthereumRemix @eas_eth 1/ @AestusRelay A neutral MEV-boost relay. Used by over 1 Mil validators globally.

2/ @blobscan The first explorer purpose-built for EIP-4844. Makes Ethereum blobs readable, searchable, and trackable in real time.

3/ @blockscout Community-powered open-source block explorer. Supports 1000+ chains and rollups.

4/ @buidlguidl Creates open-source tools and educational content for Ethereum. Bragworthy: built Scaffold-ETH 2, a core toolkit for Eth devs with 1700+ GitHub stars and 1000+ forks.

5/ @0xBundleBear Tracks smart account adoption and is used by @Alchemy, @circle, @ethereumfnd ERC-4337 team, and the @biconomy

6/ Circuitscan @numtel1 Is the Etherscan for ZK circuits.

7/ @Commit_Boost Validator sidecar that 10% of Ethereum validators run to restore autonomy while providing better services

8/ @dappnode It is the easy way to run your own nodes, even without a technical background.

9/ @defillama The largest DeFi tracker. Provides transparent metrics across thousands of protocols.

10/ @defiscan_info Brings L2Beat-style transparency to DeFi protocols by analyzing their actual decentralization stages

11/ @ephemerytestnet Enables seamless, high-intensity Ethereum testing workflows for developers and node validators.

12/ Ethereum Attestation Service (EAS) @eas_eth Open-source infra to attest anything onchain or offchain. 7M+ attestations, 420k+ unique attestors, and 1.4M+ recipients and growing.

13/ Ethers.js @ethersproject A simple, compact and complete JavaScript library for all your Ethereum needs. 3.4 Mil weekly NPM downloads and among top 500 NPM dependencies.

14/ Fe @official_fe High-level language that compiles to EVM.

15/ @growthepie_eth Ethereum ecosystem analytics helping users understand how mainnet and Layer 2s are actually being used.

16/ Hevm Verifies the correctness of smart contracts using symbolic execution.

17/ Open Source Observer @OSObserver Measures open-source impact across 5000+ Ethereum projects, helping funders make data-driven decisions.

18/ @orbit_db Serverless, distributed, peer-to-peer database built on top of IPFS and Libp2p. Downloaded more than 3000 times a week on NPMJS.

19/ @powdr_labs Makes zkVMs faster and safer with automated compiler optimizations and formal verification. Can accelerate ZK proofs for Rust programs by 13x.

20/ @ProtocolGuild Leading independent funding organization for Ethereum core developers. ~200 contributors across +45 core Ethereum repositories, from research to client implementations.

21/ Remix Project @EthereumRemix Powerful, no-setup, web3 development environment. 700K monthly active users and 33K contract deployments daily.

22/ Samba A Java-based implementation of a Portal client for Ethereum.

23/ Act @argotorg Enables formal verification of EVM smart contracts at the bytecode level against high-level, rigorous specifications.

24/ @ShutterNetwork Infrastructure for encrypted mempools in Ethereum - protects users from malicious MEV and real-time censorship.

25/ @solidity_lang A statically-typed curly-braces programming language designed for developing smart contracts that run on Ethereum.

26/ @stablewatchHQ Provides original data on all stablecoins - clear, informative, and opinionated.

27/ @Verifereum Underpins formal verification of Ethereum applications.

28/ @vyperlang The second most widely used programming language for smart contracts on Ethereum. Secured over $2 billion in TVL, used by @CurveFinance, @LidoFinance, @yearnfi, and others.

29/ D2PFuzz Levels up Ethereum's security with a unified fuzzing framework for the consensus layer + execution layer.

30/ @L2beat An open-source, public-good analytics and research platform dedicated to L2 scaling solutions.

30 projects contributing to a stronger Ethereum ecosystem. Here's to an incredible Epoch 8 🔥