John Smith
An update from Tomasz | Ethereum Foundation Blog
tl;dr
I am stepping down from my co-ED role at the EF at the end of February 2026. Bastian Aue is taking over the...
Announcing the Platform Team at EF
Platform is a new team inside the EF with one goal:
Deliver the strongest possible Ethereum platform, where L1 and L2s are best positioned...
Ethereum Protocol Studies 2026 | Ethereum Foundation Blog
tl;dr: Ethereum Protocol Studies returns for 2026 with new content tracks in cryptography, lean consensus and zkEVM, plus a new self-paced learning platform....
Protocol Priorities Update for 2026
We introduced Protocol last June which organized our work around three strategic initiatives: Scale L1, Scale Blobs, and Improve UX. A lot has...
The Ethereum Foundation’s Commitment to DeFi
DeFi isn't a speculative bet on the future. It's the inevitable evolution of finance, driven by a fundamental truth: financial autonomy is a...
Treasury Staking Initiative | Ethereum Foundation Blog
The Ethereum Foundation has begun staking a portion of its treasury, in line with its Treasury Policy announced last year.
Approximately 70,000 ETH is being...
This Is Fine (Until the Grant Runs Out)
The commons called. It wants a runway.
Every so often, in the blockchain world’s usual cycle of funding scares, a team maintaining a widely...
The Promise of Ethereum: Introducing the EF Mandate
Dearest Friends,
Today we are publishing the EF Mandate, a document that serves as part constitution, part manifesto, and part guide for the Ethereum...
How L1 and L2s can build the strongest possible Ethereum
The North Star of the Platform team is for Ethereum to scale as a cohesive system and enable confident adoption by all users....
Checkpoint #9: Apr 2026 | Ethereum Foundation Blog
Ethereum's All Core Developer calls can be a lot to keep up with, so this "Checkpoint" series aims for periodic high-level updates, depending...
