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# SSV Grant ecosystem update 01

## Overview

There has been a significant progress with most grantees in the last few months.

Teams building LSD pools Staking & Operator services have been focusing on launching functional testnet deployment.

Teams building tooling have been working hard on making every other project’s life in the ecosystem easier. Notification services (Hal, Hellman) have launched on Goerli, Key splitting UI has been built and a new ssv explorer, node rating, node metadata and DKG teams are making good progress.

**Note:** I have decided to use full links instead of link targets since it's a much better security practice and I believe it is worth the slightly worse readability.

## Important Links

Approved Grants

Go to place to keep track of all grantees, what is the state of grant, final applications and a good general overview of the whole grantee ecosystem.

https://ssvnetwork.notion.site/ssvnetwork/34265f07936c4cd4bce8cefb78c95b6d?v=2e2170ce26f24f39b3407d3aa0e53a32

Milestone updates

Program expenses and all executed milestones.

https://ssvnetwork.notion.site/da3097d5d5b64a99a7f30e47233de124?v=b2f89b4a9d8a4a06a96de25f8ae28247

Useful developer resources

For developer focused updates check the latest SSV Developer ecosystem update.

https://forum.ssv.network/t/ssv-developer-ecosystem-update-2023-02/929

## Grantees updates

### Staking pools (LSD)

#### Stakestar

Latest milestone:

The team has finished Milestone 3 - Testing on testnet.

Description:

User-friendly, intuitive and reliable Ethereum 2.0 staking pool using the SSV Network.

Test their app is running on Goerli, https://app.stakestar.io/.

Forum post & final application:
https://forum.ssv.network/t/ssv-x-stakestar-grant-proposal-staking-pool/710/3

https://file.notion.so/f/s/7cc01035-3e00-4a1f-a13a-01696a9a83e4/SSV_Staking_Pool_Proposal.pdf?spaceId=a088b8c1-1d07-4b95-86be-4e3b9b0ef925&table=block&id=7771415f-24cb-4ee2-ae82-11063a08a486&expirationTimestamp=1678431599838&signature=2UdbauXV5VvE9U_Of5QJ_-em_mri7RdWPxlZEmA1jwE&downloadName=SSV+Staking+Pool+Proposal.pdf

#### Frens

Latest milestone:

The team has finished Milestone 1 - MVP v2 (testnet).

Description:

Frens' novel approach is a staking pool factory that allows anyone to spin up and run non-custodial Ethereum staking pools using SSV.

Test their app is running on Goerli, https://frens-network.vercel.app/.

Forum post & final application:
https://forum.ssv.network/t/ssv-x-frens-grant-proposal-staking-pool-as-a-service/879

https://file.notion.so/f/s/d6ce9337-0ab0-4396-b9b5-e0ed00d434f4/Frens_Open_Grant_Application_v2.pdf?spaceId=a088b8c1-1d07-4b95-86be-4e3b9b0ef925&table=block&id=948c3b5b-d5d0-43c4-93ae-184abe7f5e6a&expirationTimestamp=1678436260217&signature=__eYNUWJMi2Nycn9qk3EEf4g6dgPRlvA8A45d-O1aIA&downloadName=Frens_Open_Grant_Application_v2.pdf

#### Casimir

Latest milestone:

The team has finished Latest milestone 2 - Smart Contract and UI/UX Design (Phase 1).

Description:

Currently the team is exploring and testing a custom DKG implementation with which they will be able to launch first fully trustless staking pools ahead of official DKG support provided by ssv nodes.

Forum post & final application:
https://forum.ssv.network/t/ssv-x-casimir-grant-proposal-staking-pool/694

https://file.notion.so/f/s/666532b2-5b8a-4193-88e8-a427f31a1140/SSV_Casimir_Grant.pdf?spaceId=a088b8c1-1d07-4b95-86be-4e3b9b0ef925&table=block&id=79acd8e3-5297-47b4-b857-f5e45edf8a50&expirationTimestamp=1678431800780&signature=-4WF6LnusciW9BIuvgKebZt7U4T7f5RCAYBmbe0yg0U&downloadName=SSV+Casimir+Grant.pdf

### Staking services

#### Chainup

Latest milestone:

The team has finished Milestone 1 - Delivery of MVP on Testnet.

Description:

Aside of running a validator, Chainup cloud also allows its user to run SSV operator with few easy clicks.
Test the Test their app is running on Goerli at https://cloud.chainup.com/app/login.

You can also watch video demo at https://youtu.be/JRp1XFvXH8w

Check Running Operator Node documentation at https://docs.chainupcloud.com/validator-node/ssv/running-operator-node

Check Staking with SSV documentation at https://docs.chainupcloud.com/staking/staking-on-ethereum/how-to-stake-1

Forum post & final application:
https://forum.ssv.network/t/ssv-x-casimir-grant-proposal-staking-pool/694

https://file.notion.so/f/s/4ab24da3-a678-4c2c-bab1-1575f3cad3a5/SSV_x_ChainUp_Partnership_Proposal_(SSV_Nodes__Staking_Aggregator).pdf?spaceId=a088b8c1-1d07-4b95-86be-4e3b9b0ef925&table=block&id=fe131ec2-a13e-411a-be39-b1ba10e5be98&expirationTimestamp=1678432922558&signature=nfyjfCQKEJ_p5oigAfBgkbiVUQtXZSiDh19Mf9FfeoI&downloadName=SSV+x+ChainUp+Partnership+Proposal+%28SSV+Nodes+%2B+Staking+Aggregator%29.pdf

#### Moonstake

Decentralized platform for Ethereum 2.0 and SSV staking

Latest milestone:

The team has finished Milestone 1 - System design & UI/UX design

Description:

Decentralized platform for Ethereum 2.0 and SSV staking.

Check system design document https://docs.google.com/document/d/1G0Etg1C3ypR8diFwGcDoMTWoWkutsUa3egbG9ibNW6w/edit

Check UI/UX design https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-wF7Z_lEmfqWFO9NCQNSB-HcDjAQ72fu/view

Forum post & final application:
https://forum.ssv.network/t/ssv-x-moonstake-staking-pool/772

https://file.notion.so/f/s/3dd94664-99c2-48c1-9afb-e83d255f79a2/SSV_Grant_-_Moonstake.pdf?spaceId=a088b8c1-1d07-4b95-86be-4e3b9b0ef925&table=block&id=c2af7301-bc6a-471c-8878-2e0db9d4c90f&expirationTimestamp=1678436550837&signature=-rt2SJatksaxAQnWko419c5c-raDV90F7McI_4e6bOU&downloadName=SSV_Grant_-_Moonstake.pdf

### Tools

#### Avado

Building the operator package for AVADO.

Latest milestone:

The team has finished Milestone 1 - Milestone 1: building the operator package for AVADO on goerli testnet

Description:

If you run own Avado staking hardware, run a SSV operator.

Check the repository at https://github.com/AvadoDServer/AVADO-DNP-SSV

Forum post & final application:
https://forum.ssv.network/t/ssv-x-avado-grant-proposal-hardware/877

https://file.notion.so/f/s/027d9fc4-cd31-4c53-9ccc-0014fa67e4bf/AVADO_SSV.network_open_grant_proposal-v2.1.pdf?spaceId=a088b8c1-1d07-4b95-86be-4e3b9b0ef925&table=block&id=edfc7129-4dd5-4e3e-9d1a-5897e91bb1a3&expirationTimestamp=1678434308136&signature=grBpvGPlw6dEsVj2jhTNmAUTPuQIQgj0PIxyk0h5lSo&downloadName=AVADO_SSV.network_open_grant_proposal-v2.1.pdf

## Funding

$50 million DVT ecosystem fund has launched

https://blog.ssv.network/funding-the-future-of-dvt-46f1364a03a5

Grants are going strong, predefined(LSP, SAAS) & micro & open & bug bounties

[DAO Grants | SSV Network](https://grants.ssv.network/)

## Dates of note

Q1 (end of) - Launch of V3 testnet (Release candidate)

Q2 (end of) - Tentative mainnet launch