Ethereum is facing significant community distrust this year, as last year's explosive anger from ecosystem members towards the Ethereum Foundation (EF) led to calls for its dissolution, prompting a reorganization of the foundation in the first two months. Recently, the long-untouched official website and community have been frequently posting, showing their desire to rebuild trust within the community. Ethereum co-founder Vitalik also posted today (29th), supplementing the mission of the Ethereum Foundation (EF). He believes that EF should make efforts to promote the use and decentralization of Ethereum, but this has caused dissatisfaction within the community.
Vitalik's Post
The new president of the Ethereum Foundation, Aya Miyagotchi, recently uploaded a new article about the new era of Ethereum on the Ethereum official website and community, defending the existence of the Ethereum Foundation and its mission, and humbly stating that changes will be made to meet the needs of the community. In response, Vitalik also commented on the post and provided annotations, stating the two main goals of the Ethereum Foundation:
The use of Ethereum – Users actually benefit from the underlying properties of Ethereum.
The resilience and decentralization of Ethereum – Overall, focusing on addressing weaknesses anywhere in the stack.
It is worth noting that Vitalik also shared the content of Aya Miyagotchi's article, so the main explanations are concentrated in the official website article.
Community Criticism
However, Vitalik's explanations have led to widespread criticism at different levels. A person with a Chinese background referred to it as 'Empress Dowager Cixi meddling in politics,' believing that Vitalik is creating an environment in the community where he gives guidance while claiming to serve the community, which is puzzling.
Since you have stepped aside for the new executive director, you should consciously retreat behind the scenes and stop making so many guiding opinions that limit their performance and leave them constrained; otherwise, we can only conclude that you and Aya are hypocritical power-hungry individuals, akin to Empress Dowager Cixi in ancient China, listening in on political matters...
Another netizen directly pointed out that the Ethereum Foundation explained a bunch of nonsense but did not properly clarify whether they would continue to dump Ethereum in the future; Pierre Rochard, Vice President of Research at Bitcoin-supporting mining company RIOT, also criticized Vitalik, believing that he still has not explained the value of the Ethereum Foundation to the Ethereum ecosystem. He thinks that increasing Ethereum usage can be achieved through methods like WBTC and USDT, and to achieve decentralized financial optimization, fundraising can be done through listing on NASDAQ, implying that Ethereum's current fundraising choices are sacrificing its value by opting for dumping instead of fundraising.
