This piece outlines the $110,000 grant allocation to Blockful for a Governance Security Review aimed at strengthening the resilience of the Uniswap Protocol's governance systems. Blockful will analyze critical governance data, identify potential vulnerabilities, and create a public dashboard to monitor governance security metrics for greater security for both the Uniswap community, and the broader DeFi space. At the Uniswap Foundation, one of our primary objectives is to enhance the resilience of the Uniswap Protocol's Governance systems. As part of that mission, we have invested resources in strengthening our current governance systems by fortifying our delegate community. To continue to add to that effort, we are thrilled to announce the allocation of a $110,000 grant to Blockful for a comprehensive Governance Security Review.

November marked a key month for our grants programs, with new allocations to Areta, Atrium Academy, and OpenZeppelin, and new grant opportunities open to builders, including Unichain Developer Grants, and Crafting the Cryptoeconomy (CtCe) Grants. And, a major highlight: meeting up with the community at Uniday and at the ETHGlobal Bangkok Hackathon.

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Through the introduction of Uniswap v4 hooks, developers now have the power to tailor liquidity pools directly within the Uniswap Protocol. Atrium Academy co-founder Bhaumik Patel explores the next generation of DeFi, and what it means to reimagine developer education.

Over the last year, the Uniswap Hook Incubator (UHI) has onboarded hundreds of experienced Solidity developers to build v4 hooks. Today, we’re excited to announce a $1,200,000 grant to Atrium Academy to support its expansion, with new educational resources and an ongoing developer event series.

The Uniswap Foundation had an exciting summer, packed with updates from August to October, including the launch of Unichain, the Unichain grants program, and more. On the research side, we’ve supported the Crafting the Cryptoeconomy (CtCe) Initiative to drive rigorous research in cryptoeconomics. In Governance, we’ve been experimenting with frameworks like the Grantee Delegation Program, and reinvigorating futarchy through a grant to Butter.

Led by Areta, the Uniswap Foundation Security Fund is designed to enhance the safety and integrity of the Uniswap v4 hook developer community by improving access to security audits.

The allocation memo below dives into The Uniswap Foundation’s grant to OpenZeppelin for the creation of a Hooks Contracts Library for Uniswap v4. Over the last year, the introduction of v4 hooks has begun to drive innovation across the Uniswap community. Today, developers have created hundreds of hooks: with hooks for dynamic fees, attestation, custom liquidity curves, and more. Building on this momentum, we’re excited to announce a grant of $850,000 to OpenZeppelin for the development of a Hooks Contracts Library for the Uniswap v4. This initiative will offer developers a robust, standardized codebase to work from to reduce the risk of vulnerabilities.

In our continued commitment to driving innovation in decentralized governance, Uniswap Foundation is excited to announce a grant allocation of $200,000.00 to Butter. This blog post dives into the significance of this initiative for Uniswap Protocol Governance and the broader DAO landscape.