{"id":12438,"date":"2025-10-02T19:43:05","date_gmt":"2025-10-02T19:43:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/buterin-partners-with-hashkeys-xiao-feng-on-ethereum-applications-guild\/"},"modified":"2025-10-02T19:43:09","modified_gmt":"2025-10-02T19:43:09","slug":"buterin-partners-with-hashkeys-xiao-feng-on-ethereum-applications-guild","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/buterin-partners-with-hashkeys-xiao-feng-on-ethereum-applications-guild\/","title":{"rendered":"Buterin partners with HashKey\u2019s Xiao Feng on Ethereum Applications Guild"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"post-detail__content blocks\">\n<p class=\"is-style-lead\">Co-founded by Vitalik Buterin and Xiao Feng, the initiative expands on Shanhaiwoo\u2019s three-year experiment, offering a collaborative framework to drive Ethereum into its long-promised application phase.<\/p>\n<div id=\"cn-block-summary-block_54202eb4191ea08a1ebe3ebefee98aa8\" class=\"cn-block-summary\">\n<div class=\"cn-block-summary__nav tabs\">\n        <span class=\"tabs__item is-selected\">Summary<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n<div class=\"cn-block-summary__content\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Vitalik Buterin and HashKey\u2019s Xiao Feng co-founded the Ethereum Applications Guild at Token2049.<\/li>\n<li>The initiative builds on Shanhaiwoo\u2019s three-year experiment, focusing on structured collaboration across Ethereum.<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- .cn-block-summary --><\/p>\n<p>According to a <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.prnewswire.com\/news-releases\/vitalik-buterin-and-dr-xiao-feng-jointly-initiate-ethereum-applications-guild-eag-calling-on-global-builders-to-co-create-a-new-paradigm-for-collaboration-302573791.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">press release<\/a> dated Oct. 2, Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin and HashKey Group CEO Dr. Xiao Feng jointly initiated the Ethereum Applications Guild (EAG) during the Token2049 summit in Singapore.<\/p>\n<p>The founders frame the initiative as an open, conceptual framework designed to forge a structured collaboration mechanism across the ecosystem. Notably, its goal is to accelerate the deployment of native Ethereum projects, aiming to pivot the entire network from an \u201cinfrastructure-dominated\u201d phase into an \u201capplication-driven\u201d era.<\/p>\n<p>    <!-- .cn-block-related-link --><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>From Shanhaiwoo to a global Ethereum framework<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>According to the press release, the Ethereum Applications Guild traces its roots back to Shanhaiwoo, a collaborative experiment launched in 2023 under Xiao Feng\u2019s guidance. Shanhaiwoo has hosted global builders in locations from Beidahu, China, to Chiang Mai, Thailand, focusing on cross-disciplinary work in AI, crypto, and public goods.<\/p>\n<p>The central insight gleaned from this incubator was that Ethereum\u2019s primary deficit is no longer technological, but structural. Per the statement, participants concluded the ecosystem lacks a sustainable, structured co-creation mechanism, with public goods funding still limited and large-scale applications failing to materialize.<\/p>\n<p>With Shanhaiwoo serving as its primary incubation ground, the guild aims to channel this experimental energy toward concrete outcomes. It encourages developers to use this proven collaborative environment to build, validate, and advance solutions targeting real-world problems.<\/p>\n<p>The initiative\u2019s launch was marked by strong endorsements from its founders. Feng said the guild marked a \u201cpivotal moment for the application layer of Ethereum breaking out of its shell.\u201d He framed the current period as the \u201c1995 moment\u201d for Ethereum and the broader blockchain world, alluding to the dawn of the commercial internet and the application explosion that followed.<\/p>\n<p>Vitalik Buterin echoed that sentiment, urging long-term builders to anchor their work in Ethereum and help push the ecosystem beyond infrastructure. For now, the initiative has extended invitations to treasury groups, research institutions, Layer 2 teams and protocol foundations, with the aim of building a broad, bottom-up coalition.<\/p>\n<p>    <!-- .cn-block-related-link --><\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Co-founded by Vitalik Buterin and Xiao Feng, the initiative expands on Shanhaiwoo\u2019s three-year experiment, offering a collaborative framework to drive Ethereum into its long-promised application phase. 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