#EthereumSecurityInitiative

**Ethereum launches the "Trillion Dollar Security Initiative": A plan to secure the blockchain of the future (#EthereumSecurityInitiative)**

On **May 14, 2025**, the Ethereum Foundation announced an ambitious project called **"Trillion Dollar Security Initiative" (1TS)**, designed to raise the security standards of Ethereum and prepare it to handle **trillions of dollars in assets**, competing with traditional financial systems.

### **🔐 Key objectives of the initiative**

1. **Security scalability**:

- Transform Ethereum into a global infrastructure capable of supporting **billions of dollars stored in smart contracts** and decentralized applications.

- Exceed the security of legacy systems (banking and governmental) in terms of resistance to attacks and human errors.

2. **Focus on three pillars**:

- **Vulnerability mapping**: Identify risks in UX (blind signatures), wallet security, smart contracts, and network infrastructure.

- **Implementation of improvements**: Fix critical failures and invest in tools for developers.

- **Educational transparency**: Create comparable metrics with traditional systems for users to assess their security.

3. **Leading team**:

- Led by **Fredrik Svantes** (protocol security) and **Josh Stark** (EF management), with support from experts like **samczsun** (SEAL) and **Mehdi Zerouali** (Sigma Prime).

### **🚀 Context and motivation**

- **Technological base**: The initiative is supported by the success of the **Pectra** upgrade, which introduced programmable accounts and improvements in staking.

- **Current figures**: Ethereum already secures **$80 billion in DeFi** (60% of total TVL), but needs to scale for institutions like BlackRock, which tokenize assets on its network.

- **Weaknesses to address**:

- **Unsecure UX**: Blind signatures and reliance on unaudited libraries.

- **Centralization of validators**: Risks in economic incentives and coordinated attacks.