ETHSecurity Initiatives launches Round Two with $600K Vyper grant and sharper funding focus

TheDAO Security Fund is back with a second round of ETHSecurity Initiatives. Round Two is live and accepting community proposals for onchain security projects, with funding decisions expected by mid-November 2026 and the submission window staying open through late January 2027. The headline numbers tell the story of ambition: a $600K grant earmarked for a formally verified Vyper compiler and a $300K allocation for a decentralized privacy-preserving detection system built by Auditware. Up to 100 proposals could receive community input and funding this cycle. From broad strokes to precision cuts Round One distributed over $1.6 million across 135 projects, fueled by 13,805 individual donations from 3,934 donors. Two proposals already illustrate the shift. The $600K Vyper Foundation grant would fund a formally verified compiler for Vyper, the smart contract language that underpins major protocols including Curve, Yearn, and Lido. Formal verification is the process of mathematically proving that code does what it claims to do. The second marquee proposal, a $300K grant for Auditware, targets a decentralized endpoint detection and response system with privacy-preserving features. The 200...