The 10th anniversary of Ethereum's genesis block is about to ignite a global celebration!
The Ethereum Foundation recently announced that the Ethereum network is approaching a historically significant moment—the 10th anniversary of its genesis block, specifically on July 30, 2025, at 23:26:13. This milestone not only marks Ethereum's evolution from a testing ground for blockchain technology innovation to a global leader in smart contract platforms but also witnesses its ecosystem's transformation from an early geek community to a vast network encompassing diverse groups such as developers, enterprise users, and investors.
In response to the enthusiasm for participation from the global community, the Foundation will launch the 'Global 10th Anniversary Celebration Plan,' with core content including:
• Global offline gathering collaboration: The Foundation will partner with core community organizations in various regions to host main venue activities, while also opening permissions to encourage communities, developer groups, or users from any region globally to independently plan their own celebration events, including formats such as technical seminars, ecosystem exhibitions, hackathons, themed parties, etc.
• Funding support mechanism: Through the Ecosystem Support Program (ESP), funding will be provided for eligible activities, with a maximum of $500 available for each event to cover basic expenses such as venue rental, material production, online streaming, etc., aimed at lowering the participation threshold for grassroots communities.
• Application timeline: All funding applications must be submitted through official channels of the Foundation by June 15, 2025. Projects that pass the review will receive funding in early July to ensure smooth preparation for the events.
This celebration is seen as a concentrated display of the cohesion of the Ethereum ecosystem. Since the launch of the genesis block in 2015, Ethereum has undergone key upgrades, including the transformation from PoW to PoS consensus mechanism and the implementation of Layer 2 scaling solutions, currently hosting over 3,000 DApps and on-chain assets valued in the hundreds of billions of dollars. The Foundation hopes that through this global coordination, it will further stimulate community innovation and lay the foundation for technological iteration and ecological expansion in the next decade.
