Vitalik: Will adjust the Ethereum Foundation leadership structure, will not become the dominant force in the ecosystem

Vitalik Buterin is discussing the adjustment of the leadership structure of the Ethereum Foundation (EF) to strengthen technical expertise and improve communication efficiency with the ecosystem. This change has been progressing for nearly a year. The article emphasizes some goals that do not belong to this adjustment, such as avoiding changes in ideology or becoming more centralized, in order to maintain the neutrality and decentralization principles upheld by Ethereum.

The restructuring of the leadership framework coincides with several major developments in the Ethereum ecosystem, including the Pectra upgrade and a high focus on privacy technologies such as zero-knowledge proofs. These changes are an important component of technological advancement in 2024 and will continue to impact the entire technology field in 2025.

The goal of the reform: focusing on the connection between technology and ecology

The main goals of the Ethereum Foundation's transformation include the following points:

Enhancing technical expertise by increasing the proportion of technical experts in the EF leadership team to ensure higher technical capabilities at the decision-making level.

Strengthen two-way communication with the ecosystem. Enhance interaction with the entire Ethereum ecosystem, supporting ecosystem participants including users (individuals and institutions), application developers, wallet providers, and Layer 2 solutions, ensuring smoother communication.

Introduce new blood to improve execution efficiency and speed. By attracting new talents, inject more vitality into the organization, and improve decision-making and execution efficiency.

Supporting application developers, defending core values Providing more support to application layer developers to ensure that core Ethereum values such as privacy, open source, and resistance to censorship can truly be implemented at the user level.

Increase the use of decentralized and privacy technologies. Expand the application of decentralized technologies and the Ethereum blockchain, such as in payment and financial management scenarios.

The clear 'non-target': The role of the Ethereum Foundation will not change

The Foundation also emphasized several 'non-goals' of this reform to avoid misunderstandings. EF will not engage in the following behaviors:

Ideological shift or cultural reshaping will not turn from the current open and diversified atmosphere to emphasize ideology or extreme culture, such as the so-called 'Bronze Age Mindset'.

EF will not actively lobby regulatory agencies and political forces, especially in the United States or other large countries. Such behavior may jeopardize Ethereum's positioning as a global neutral platform.

EF will not become a platform for interest transmission or internal struggle, but will continue to maintain its core spirit of decentralization as a battlefield for vested interest groups.

Highly centralized organizations or ecosystems 'protagonist' EF will not try to be the 'dominant force' of the Ethereum ecosystem, but rather as a supporter to help all parties in the ecosystem develop better.

Embrace change and support diversified development

The Ethereum Foundation also urges those who do not agree with the current foundation's vision to choose to create their own organization. This open attitude is consistent with the overall spirit of Ethereum, which encourages decentralized and diverse development.

Overall, this reform demonstrates the Ethereum Foundation's determination to better serve technological innovation and the development of the ecosystem. At the same time, the EF also clearly delineates boundaries to maintain its role as a neutral supporter of Ethereum and avoid becoming a centralized or interest-driven organization. These changes foreshadow Ethereum's further strengthening of its commitment to decentralized technology and core values in the future.

This article Vitalik: will adjust the leadership structure of the Ethereum Foundation, and will not become the dominant force in the ecosystem first appeared on Chain News ABMedia.