PANews reported on February 11 that according to official news, the Ethereum Foundation announced that it will provide a $200,000 grant to support the Pectra ecosystem upgrade, and the application date will end on February 23. Proposals submitted to the Pectra Proactive Grant Round should meet one or more of the following focus areas:

• 1. Core Protocol Support: Develop tools and libraries that directly support protocol-level changes introduced in Pectra, and create infrastructure to ensure that Pectra-related updates are seamlessly integrated into the core protocol.
• 2. Tools and Infrastructure: Updates to essential tools for builders, stakeholders, and end users, and creation of new tools to support EIPs directly related to Pectra.
• 3. Testing and Security: Enhancements to the testing framework and infrastructure, tools to improve network security before and after the Pectra upgrade.
• 4. Adoption and Impact Analysis: Projects that track and analyze the adoption of changes introduced by Pectra, tools or frameworks for measuring the impact of Pectra-related EIPs on the Ethereum ecosystem and protocol.