Ethereum runs on open source infra maintained by a small set of underfunded teams. The EF can't sustain it forever.
Im dropping one of the most important proposals . Here’s what it lays out:
1. The problem
EF is the de facto funder of core infra - clients, tooling, dev coordination.
at <$2k ETH, its runway is finite.
if L2s, dapps & DAOs don’t step up, we risk a funding death spiral.
2. Why this matters
We’ve seen this before: BTC’s core dev ecosystem fractured when no neutral funder remained.
ETH infra is 100x more complex. without neutral, pluralist funding, incentives skew, devs leave, and oss slows.
3. The solution
A 3-phase roadmap:
– broad listening (across core devs, L2s, governance forums)
– public dashboard (like L2Beat, but for infra funding)
– ecosystem-wide precommitment: 2% of protocol revenue to your own dependency graph
4. Key idea
Every app, chain, and DAO should fund the open-source packages that make their protocol work — not out of charity, but survival.
5. Why this is different
It doesn’t rely on vibes or voluntary grants.
it offers a measurable, composable, governance-neutral way to link cost centers to revenue centers.
6. Next steps
They’re building the dashboard, defining eligibility criteria, and inviting feedback on metrics.
This needs input from protocol teams, dapp builders, DAO treasuries, and the infra community.
If you care about ethereum’s long-term resilience, read the full proposal. then figure out where your stack relies on unpaid infra and start funding it.
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