Ethereum Foundation Undergoes Leadership Restructure, Aiming to Improve Technical Expertise and Ecosystem Communication: Vitalik Buterin

The ethereum Foundation is undergoing a major leadership restructuring process, as shared by ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin in a January 18 statement. <a target="_blank" href="https://x.com/VitalikButerin/status/1880635379771904423″ target=”_blank” rel=”noopener nofollow noreferrer”>statement that described the explicit objectives and non-objectives of the process.

“In fact, we are currently in the process of major changes to EF's leadership structure, which has been underway for almost a year. Some of this has already been executed and made public, and some is still in progress,” he said.

According to Buterin, the restructuring aims to improve technical expertise within the foundation's leadership while improving communication with ecosystem participants, including individual and institutional users, application developers, wallets and layer 2 protocols.

Buterin outlined several key goals, including bringing in new talent, increasing the speed of execution, and providing more active support to app creators.

The foundation plans to reinforce its commitment to privacy, open source development and censorship resistance at the application layer, the ethereum co-founder said. It will also expand its use of decentralized and privacy technology for payments and treasury management on the ethereum blockchain.

The restructuring will not transform the foundation into a lobbying organization, especially in important nations like the United States, to maintain the neutrality of ethereum as a global platform, Buterin emphasized. He also clarified that the foundation will not serve specific vested interests or increase centralization within the ethereum ecosystem.

“These things are not what EF does and this is not going to change. People who are looking for a different vision can start their own organizations,” Buterin said.

ethereum Foundation launches new x account

Buterin's statement comes after the ethereum Foundation launched a new x (formerly twitter) account, @ethereumfndn, on Monday. The move marked his return to social media participation after a year of silence.

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1. This new account will be used to share updates from the ethereum Foundation, including:

– EF equipment updates
– News about EF projects and grants
– Disclosures about EF treasury movements

– ethereum Foundation (@ethereumfndn) <a target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/ethereumfndn/status/1878805290185048478?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw” target=”_blank” rel=”nofollow noopener noreferrer”>January 13, 2025

The account is part of the foundation's strategy to improve transparency and communication following criticism of the foundation's activities and leadership.

The Aave team and other community members recently called for leadership changes to improve efficiency and address funding issues.

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How to solve ethereum base problems

1) Fire 80% of current, non-development leadership positions on the spot
2) convert the remaining eth into a balanced basket of battle-tested LSTs
3) Cut 95% of current subsidies, especially the “run a node in Vorkuta” initiatives.
3) Instead of throwing…

— Marc “Billy” Zeller (@lemiscate) <a target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/lemiscate/status/1875543787377979460?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw” target=”_blank” rel=”nofollow noopener noreferrer”>January 4, 2025

Through its new account, the ethereum Foundation aims to be more engaged with its community, focusing on updates related to the foundation's operations, grants, and financial disclosures.

In addition to x, the foundation plans to interact with decentralized social media platforms such as Farcaster, Lens, and Bluesky.