Vitalik's speech today:

We are indeed undergoing a large-scale transformation of the leadership structure of the EF (Ethereum Foundation), a process that has been ongoing for nearly a year. Some of these changes have already been implemented and made public, while others are still in progress.

The main goals we are trying to achieve are as follows:

* Increase the level of technical expertise within the EF leadership

* Improve two-way communication and connections between the EF leadership and the ecosystem participants (both old and new: individual and institutional users, application developers, wallets, L2s) that we are responsible for supporting

* Introduce fresh talent to enhance execution capabilities and speed

* More actively support application builders, ensuring that important values and inalienable rights (especially privacy, open-source, and anti-censorship) become a reality at the user level, including the application level

* Continue to increase our use of decentralized and privacy technologies and the Ethereum chain, including for payments and financial management

The clear *non-goals* are:

* A shift from the feminized World Economic Forum (WEF) tofu male mentality to some ideological/atmospheric shift towards a Bronze Age mentality

* To start actively lobbying regulators and powerful politicians (especially in the U.S., but actually anywhere, particularly large influential countries), risking the status of Ethereum as a global neutral platform

* To become an arena for vested interests

* To become a highly centralized organization or to become a larger 'protagonist' within Ethereum

These things are not what the EF does, and that will not change. Those seeking a different vision are welcome to establish their own organizations.

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