Morning Edition · Thursday, August 6, 2026Published at 1:48 AM EDT · New York
Ethereum Foundation Funds a Tool That Lets Browsers Verify a Website Has Not Been Tampered With
The Trillion Dollar Security grant goes to the Freedom of the Press Foundation for WEBCAT, aimed at the front-end attacks that have repeatedly hit crypto users through legitimate sites.
The Ethereum Foundation has allocated a grant from its Trillion Dollar Security initiative to the Freedom of the Press Foundation to continue developing WEBCAT, the foundation announced. WEBCAT is open-source software that lets a browser ve…
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