Yakovenko’s comments stood out because they came from one of Ethereum’s most prominent competitors. While debates between Ethereum and Solana supporters have often been contentious, Yakovenko’s reaction reflected a view shared by many currently at the top of the industry: that leaner organizations can sometimes… Read More
The Ethereum Foundation (EF) will slash its budget by roughly 40% this year as part of a shift toward a leaner, endowment-style operating model, Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin said in a blog post published Tuesday. The reduction comes on the same day the EF confirmed… Read More
The departures also come as the foundation has unveiled a new strategic framework known as “CROPS,” an acronym standing for cypherpunk values, resilience, open-source development, permissionlessness and security. Foundation leaders presented the framework as a way to clarify the EF’s mission and reinforce Ethereum’s core… Read More
The Ethereum Foundation’s (EF) co-executive director Hsiao-Wei Wang shared that she has stepped down from her role leading the organization effective immediately, in a post shared on X on Thursday. Wang reached the decision after a recent sabbatical, which gave her time to reflect on… Read More
Ethereum Foundation budget cuts, staff departures and leadership changes have fueled weeks of criticism from parts of the blockchain’s community, but Joe Lubin, who was involved in its creation and is now CEO of software developer Consensys, said the moves are a necessary evolution, not… Read More
The Ethereum Foundation, the nonprofit organization that has long served as the closest thing Ethereum has to a central steward, has been facing renewed questions about its future after a wave of high-profile departures and mounting criticism from across the crypto industry. In recent weeks,… Read More
