diff --git a/src/_blog/2025-05-grants.md b/src/_blog/2025-05-grants.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..c68881b6 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/_blog/2025-05-grants.md @@ -0,0 +1,46 @@ +--- +title: Spring 2025 IPFS Utility Grantees +description: "We're delighted to announce the grantees for the Spring 2025 round of IPFS Utility Grants." +author: Robin Berjon +date: 2025-05-12 +permalink: '/2025-05-grants/' +header_image: '/utility-grants.png' +tags: + - grants + - funding + - ecosystem +--- + +The IPFS Implementations Grants program exists to advance the development, growth, and impact of the IPFS project +through a focus on developer choice and availability. We provide financial support to projects and teams working to +make IPFS accessible to more developer communities. + +We recently ran [the Spring 2025 grant session for utilities](https://ipfsgrants.io/utility-grants/), which supports +developers creating essential utilities, libraries, and tooling. It was a tight competition with strong contenders +and we're delighted with the grantees who came out of this round. + +## rsky-satnav from Rudy Fraser + +If you're anywhere near work on the [AT Protocol](https://atproto.com/) then you surely know Rudy, among other things for his +work on [BlackSky](https://www.blackskyweb.xyz/) and the [rsky](https://github.com/blacksky-algorithms/rsky) +(say "risky") projects. + +The grant will go to [rsky-satnav](https://github.com/blacksky-algorithms/rsky/tree/main/rsky-satnav) (Structured +Archive Traversal, Navigation And Verification — we do appreciate a quality acronym), a local-first and user-friendly +[CAR](https://dasl.ing/car.html) explorer for AT Protocol. + +CAR archives are a very convenient part of the IFPS ecosystem, used to package up multiple CID-addressed resources +in one bundle, and AT Protocol PDSs rely on them for data exports. But end users, even technical ones, have found +dealing with CAR files challenging due to a lack of tooling. We really look forward to playing with rsky-satnav +ourselves! + +## CAR indexing from Ben Lau + +Another issue with CAR is indexing: storing a CAR archive with a given service may make it challenging to +discover its contents the archive is treated as an opaque blob. + +Ben and team at [Starling Lab](https://starlinglab.org/) are developing a browser-based tool to help +locate the content of CAR archives, without relying on public indexing services. It's definitely going to +boost that part of the ecosystem! + +And beyond that, stay tuned: we will have more annoucements coming. diff --git a/src/assets/utility-grants.png b/src/assets/utility-grants.png new file mode 100644 index 00000000..f204ffce Binary files /dev/null and b/src/assets/utility-grants.png differ