Avalanche Foundation (25.4K followers) published its Economic Research Agenda (8d ago, 304❤️) and activated Helicon on Fuji Testnet (10d ago, 241❤️), introducing Continuous Execution and staking economics changes. Retro9000 is winding down after allocations, with honest reflections from @Dorlanz0x and @memosthetic (yesterday, 71❤️). Over 150 research proposals received, with applicants notified…
The Avalanche Foundation is a non-profit organization dedicated to the growth and long-term sustainability of the Avalanche (/tags/avalanche) ecosystem.
About Avalanche Foundation
The Foundation is a distinct organizational entity from Ava Labs (/tags/ava-labs), the company that builds the underlying protocol software: where Ava Labs focuses on engineering, the Foundation focuses on ecosystem funding, research, and community growth. It publishes economic research on topics such as validator incentives and network economics, and runs developer-incentive initiatives that route funding to builders shipping on Avalanche.
Products & Initiatives
The Foundation runs multiple grant tracks aimed at different audiences — academic research grants for work on cryptoasset pricing and validator economics, community grants that match crowdfunded support for ecosystem projects, and broader ecosystem-incentive programs for builders. It also oversees Team1 (/tags/team1), the Foundation's global community and builder network.
Partnerships
The Foundation partners with third-party grant infrastructure providers to run its community funding programs and works with academic reviewers and selection committees to evaluate research grant proposals.
Where it sits
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The record
Every dated thing we know · Aug 2026
