🌱 Ethereum Foundation restructures leadership, reaffirms the mission "The Endless Garden"

In recent months, the organization has faced heavy criticism for being a bureaucratic machine, passive in the face of rapid changes in the crypto market, and lacking responsiveness to those passionate about Ethereum.

Founder Vitalik Buterin has repeatedly had to call for the community to cool down. However, under increasing pressure, EF has been forced to make concessions: appointing two new Co-CEOs, Tomasz K. Stańczak and Hsiao-Wei Wang, replacing Ms. Aya Miyaguchi – who has been elevated to Chair of the organization.

Hsiao-Wei Wang: A senior researcher within EF, will serve as a bridge between the Board of Directors and the technical team.

Tomasz K. Stańczak: Founder of Nethermind, will be responsible for accelerating the progress of crucial technical infrastructure projects for Ethereum.

The current Board of Directors includes:

Vitalik Buterin (Founder – continues to guide technical direction and strategy)

Aya Miyaguchi (Chair – oversees strategy and external relations)

Patrick Storchenegger (Legal Advisor)

Hsiao-Wei Wang (Co-CEO and Council Member)

Ethereum Foundation also sets three strategic priorities for the coming year:

Scaling Layer 1.

Improving connectivity between Layer 1 and Layer 2.

Optimizing user and developer experience.

Through this restructuring, EF reaffirms four core values: anti-censorship, open-source innovation, privacy protection, and enhanced security, while emphasizing the organization's image as "the gardener" nurturing the Ethereum ecosystem to grow naturally, without centralized control. $ETH