A Look Back at the Epoch 9 Application Process

gm, beautiful people 🌞 This is a look at what the Epoch 9 application process looked like. Epoch 9: Ethereum Stories in collaboration on with Ethereum Foundation's Strategic Funding Coordination Team. So what's the round? Let's recap with 3 questions. First, you had to be

Epoch 9...our most creative one yet?

gm gm. We're sending this email as we wrap up an incredible week in the Big Apple. That's right. We've been in an empire state of mind. This week's been big for Ethereum. No it's not because of number go

🏖️ Epoch 8 POAP + Vaults in v2 explained

Hey, folks! In this post we have a look at the Epoch 8 results. Epoch 8 ran from April 11 to July 24 2025. The theme was Design for Ethereum. Working together we managed to distribute a whopping 460 ETH (~$1.7M) to the Octant community in the epoch! This

Few hours left to allocate!🚨

This is your final reminder: just a few hours left to allocate in Epoch 8. Get your individual rewards, allocate to projects. Octant epochs are pretty positive-sum for everyone. BUT not if you don't allocate. There's some pretty deserving projects that are doing incredible work. If

Invite: Staking in 2025

In collaboration with ETHStaker We're excited to invite you to our first staking workshop tomorrow. RSVP here!✨ The staking ecosystem has evolved It's been almost 3 years since the Merge brought Proof of Stake to Ethereum. And with it an entire new ecosystem for staking and

Epoch 8 Cohort | Design for Ethereum

gm folks <3 Epoch 8 ran from April 11 to July 24 2025. The theme was Design for Ethereum. Working together we managed to distribute a whopping 460 ETH (~$1.7M) to the Octant community! Design for Ethereum 🧑‍🎨 Epoch 8 was about funding projects making Ethereum stronger. But we

🛫🇩🇪 Invites: Berlin Events

Folks, we're going to be busy at Berlin Blockchain Week! 😍 There's a ton of great events, and we'd like to officially invite you to hang out with our crew. Come say hi, get some stickers and limited-edition merch, and if you tweet us at

Final call: Apply to Epoch 8!

gm gm, While we're in the midst of planning for Berlin blockchain week, we wanted to send a final reminder about the upcoming deadline (3 June | 11:59 pm PST) It's been great to see such stellar apps and we're excited to dig into

What Does Ethereum Alignment Mean?

Article written by Benjamin Siegel. With thanks to Julian Zawistowski, James Kiernan, Artem B., Nico Gallardo 🫡, Andrzej Regulski, and Mashal Waqar for their feedback. The words “Ethereum Alignment” keep being thrown around in conversations in our industry of late. And while its easy to say you’re ETH-aligned in theory,

Epoch 8 & Our Bigger Roadmap

At Octant, we've always been values-first in our decision-making. It's something we're very proud of. And we're optimistic in our beliefs. We believe in an open Internet. In a world where open-source projects thrive. In Ethereum winning. In a world where funding