Two weeks after FTX filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in November 2022, core contributors to the Espresso project published their vision for how rollups would bring economic activity onchain. While markets collapsed and many declared crypto dead, the Espresso team saw a clear future ahead. Today, this vision is reality. Rollups secure more than $50 billion of value and support 10x the number of transactions per second seen on the Ethereum L1. Major brands and financial institutions have chosen ...

We were thrilled by the community turnout for The Composables. Interest in the Espresso Foundation’s genesis mint far exceeded our expectations. The Composables were never intended as a typical NFT collection, but as the first to showcase the composability enabled by Espresso-integrated chains. Starting with bridgeless minting, we'll showcase how Espresso enables crosschain interactions that are fast, secure, and seamless. No more waiting for bridges, no more liquidity concerns, no more ...

Espresso’s Initial Community Offering has closed with overwhelming support from our community. $4 million worth of $ESP tokens were allocated for the sale on Kaito's Capital Launchpad, but we received requests for significantly more, demonstrating strong conviction among a broad set of community members in Espresso's mission to build rollup-native infrastructure with the speed and security to support our multi-chain future. Because the offering was oversubscribed, the first-come fir...

We launched the Espresso Partner Program earlier this year, a seasonal incentive program designed to recognize and reward the pioneering teams building alongside us. Today, we're proud to announce the recipients from Season 0, which ran through the second quarter of 2025. These founding partners have helped propel the Espresso Network from vision to reality, accelerating its adoption as the purpose-built base layer for the future internet, delivering what thousands of appchains and gener...

The Espresso Foundation's first global hackathon, Build & Brew, is launching on March 10, 2025. We’re excited to invite developers worldwide to compete for a $100,000 prize pool by deploying rollups integrated with the Espresso Network and building applications that leverage Espresso confirmations to create seamless cross-chain experiences. Whether you’re new to development or a seasoned veteran, there’s something for everyone—and everyone who successfully completes the Caffeinate & Code...

Espresso is the foundational interoperability layer for Ethereum, offering fast confirmations for cross-chain transactions. And now it is opening up for anyone to participate in running the network. Last Friday, April 25, 2025, Espresso Systems, a core contributor to the Espresso community, along with 22 node operators successfully upgraded Decaf, the Espresso Network’s long-running testnet, to a permissionless version of HotShot proof-of-stake consensus. This upgrade marks a major milestone ...

We’re thrilled to introduce The Composables, the flagship NFT collection of the Espresso community. Born from a grassroots desire among Espresso’s early contributors to represent themselves online and onchain, The Composables have evolved into something much bigger: a symbol of our community’s shared belief in interoperability, creativity, and the composable blockchain future we are building together.A New Kind of Onchain IdentityIt all started when Espresso contributors wanted avatars that e...

First movers deserve recognition. Today, the Espresso Foundation launches the Espresso Partner Program, a seasonal incentive program that rewards those pioneering teams that have integrated with or contributed to the Espresso Network. By aligning incentives through strategic token allocations, we aim to foster innovation, strengthen Espresso’s burgeoning community, and accelerate adoption of Espresso as the fastest growing ecosystem of interconnected chains in the Ethereum ecosystem and beyon...

Today, we are announcing the formation of the Espresso Foundation to steward the long-term success and sustainability of the Espresso Network. In pursuit of its mission, the Espresso Foundation will oversee upgrades to the Espresso Network, administer grants to developers and teams contributing to the betterment of the Espresso community, and help organize other initiatives that foster a diverse community of contributors. It will also oversee the upcoming launch of the Espresso token ($ESP).T...

Three months ago, we celebrated our Season 0 Partners, the founding teams who helped transform Espresso from vision to production-ready infrastructure. Today, we're recognizing the teams who drove growth during Q3 2025 (i.e., Season 1), expanding the network and strengthening the foundation for a more interconnected Ethereum ecosystem.Program Structure and EvaluationThe Espresso Partner Program continues to operate on the framework established in our original announcement. Recipients wer...