Blockchain developer Protocol Labs has launched a multi-million dollar research grant program.
blockchain开发商协议实验室已经发布了一个数百万美元的研究资助计划。
The startup, which is behind projects such as Filecoin, IPFS and Coinlist, on Tuesday announced a Request for Proposals (RFP) program that will see an initial $5 million put towards research efforts. Successful bids will receive grants between $5,000 and $200,000, the company said in a statement on its blog.
启动的项目，如filecoin背后，规和coinlist，星期二宣布的征求建议书（RFP）的计划，将投入到研究工作，最初的500万美元。成功的投标将获得补助5000美元至200000美元，该公司在其博客上发表声明 说。
Protocol Labs explained:
协议实验室解释：
“The first RFPs solicit improvements to components used in Filecoin and a breakthrough that may dramatically simplify consensus protocol including Filecoin’s. Future RFPs will fund problems across our whole stack of protocols, from Multiformats to Filecoin, and we also welcome open problems and suggestions for work we may be interested in funding.”
“第一个RFP征求改进用于filecoin组件和一个突破，可以极大地简化共识协议包括filecoin的RFP将在我们未来的资金问题整个堆栈的协议，从multiformats到filecoin，我们也欢迎开放的问题和建议的工作我们可能感兴趣的资金。”
The firm listed a number of projects on its Github page for developers to look into as a starting point. However, “Due to the open-ended nature of these problems, it’s worth noting that we may end up choosing more than one proposal per open problem,” it stated.
公司上市的GitHub页面一些项目开发商考虑为出发点。然而，“由于这些问题的不限成员名额的性质，值得注意的是，我们可能会最终选择一个以上的问题，每一个开放的问题，”它说。
Research applications will be judged on the quality of the proposed research and relevant experience of the individual or team. Completed solutions are not eligible to apply, states the post.
研究应用将根据个人或团队的研究和相关经验的质量来判断。完整的解决方案没有资格申请，国家邮政。
Solutions must be open source, and therefore accessible to the broader developer community.
解决方案必须是开源的，因此更广泛的开发者社区可以访问。
To support the effort, the company further announced it is hosting meetups and other events to help facilitate discussion around the technical problems that need solving to improve the space. Further, if the scheme proves successful, Protocol Labs hopes to expand the program in future.
支持的努力，公司进一步宣布主办聚会和其他活动，帮助周围需要解决提高空间的技术问题的探讨。此外，如果该方案成功，协议实验室希望在未来扩大该计划。
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