{"id":43206,"date":"2021-05-26T12:18:19","date_gmt":"2021-05-26T09:18:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=43206"},"modified":"2025-08-31T02:36:44","modified_gmt":"2025-08-30T23:36:44","slug":"dfinity-launches-developer-funding-program-worth-223-million","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/dfinity-launches-developer-funding-program-worth-223-million\/","title":{"rendered":"DFINITY launches developer funding program worth $223 million"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The nonprofit DFINITY Foundation has launched a program to fund the development of the Internet Computer ecosystem. $223.56 million has been allocated for developer grants.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">1\/ Announcing the CHF 200M Internet Computer Developer Ecosystem Program, a resource that will help finance the building of dapps, tooling, and infrastructure on the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/InternetComputer?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#InternetComputer<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/fN7UhkLd2a\">https:\/\/t.co\/fN7UhkLd2a<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 DFINITY Foundation (@dfinity) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/dfinity\/status\/1397240705219801094?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 25, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>According to the press release, the Internet Computer Developer Ecosystem program targets developers of decentralized applications, tooling, and infrastructure solutions. A key aspect of the initiative is funding startups and companies without diluting founders&#8217; equity.<\/p>\n<p>The DFINITY Foundation has already begun accepting grant applications.<\/p>\n<p>The organization stressed that the new program operates independently of the <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/dfinity-launches-governance-system-for-the-internet-computer\">Beacon Fund of $14.5 million<\/a> created in 2020. The venture fund invests in companies and individual entrepreneurs developing solutions based on the &#8216;Internet Computer&#8217;.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>&#8220;Our goal is to support rethinking all systems and services in new forms using smart contracts on the infinite public blockchain, and nothing else,&#8221; said DFINITY founder Dominic Williams.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In May 2021, ICP \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/dfinitys-icp-token-enters-top-7-by-market-capitalization-after-trading-begins\">the Internet Computer governance token<\/a> \u2014 entered the top seven cryptocurrencies by market capitalization.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier, Coinbase Pro added the asset to its listing after the Mercury phase genesis block was launched on May 7.<\/p>\n<p>Recall that in December 2020 the DFINITY project launched <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/dfinity-quietly-launches-the-internet-computer-mainnet\">the Internet Computer mainnet<\/a>. The blockchain was deployed on standardized &#8216;node machines&#8217; handed over to the NNS.<\/p>\n<p>Follow ForkLog news on <a href=\"https:\/\/vk.com\/forklogcom\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">VK<\/a>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The nonprofit DFINITY Foundation has launched a program to fund the development of the Internet Computer ecosystem. $223.56 million has been allocated for developer grants.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":43207,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"1","news_style_id":"1","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[847,1358],"class_list":["post-43206","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-dfinity","tag-grants"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"70","promo_type":"1","layout_type":"1","short_excerpt":"","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43206","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43206"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43206\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":43208,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43206\/revisions\/43208"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/43207"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43206"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43206"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43206"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}