{"id":1821,"date":"2025-06-03T08:05:39","date_gmt":"2025-06-03T08:05:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/ethereum-foundation-slashes-core-team-amid-ongoing-reorganization\/"},"modified":"2025-06-03T08:05:40","modified_gmt":"2025-06-03T08:05:40","slug":"ethereum-foundation-slashes-core-team-amid-ongoing-reorganization","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/ethereum-foundation-slashes-core-team-amid-ongoing-reorganization\/","title":{"rendered":"Ethereum foundation slashes core team amid ongoing reorganization"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"post-detail__content blocks\">\n<p class=\"is-style-lead\">The Ethereum foundation has announced a shakeup of its internal structure, including the rebrand of its research and development team.<\/p>\n<p>A June 2 <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.ethereum.org\/2025\/06\/02\/announcing-protocol\" target=\"_blank\">release<\/a> by the Ethereum Foundation has outlined a strategic restructuring of its core development team. The reorganization aims to sharpen focus, improve collaboration, and accelerate progress toward Ethereum\u2019s scaling and usability goals.<\/p>\n<p>Key to the restructuring includes laying off several staff members and rebranding the Protocol Research &amp; Development (PR&amp;D) team as simply \u2018Protocol.\u2019 The revamped team will focus on three strategic priorities, including scaling Layer 1, improving user experience, and expanding blobspace capacity.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cThis means some members of PR&amp;D won\u2019t be continuing with the Ethereum Foundation,\u201d stated the release, adding that \u201cWe must rethink our current approach to designing, developing and stewarding the protocol. This process of \u201cshipping protocol\u201d is messy, asking us to respond proactively to demands that are hard to articulate and even harder to fulfill.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The announcement comes on the heels of co-founder Vitalik Buterin\u2019s recent confirmation at ETHGlobal Prague that Layer 1 is expected to scale roughly tenfold within the next year, as well as his January 2025 remarks about forthcoming changes to the ecosystem\u2019s leadership.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">We are indeed currently in the process of large changes to EF leadership structure, which has been ongoing for close to a year. Some of this has already been executed on and made public, and some is still in progress.<\/p>\n<p>What we&#8217;re trying to achieve is primarily the following\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 vitalik.eth (@VitalikButerin) <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/VitalikButerin\/status\/1880635379771904423?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\">January 18, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>The changes also come in response to growing industry calls for ecosystem-wide improvements to address operational inconsistencies and recent security concerns.<\/p>\n<p>    <!-- .cn-block-related-link --><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Ethereum\u2019s Pectra Security Flaw<\/h2>\n<p>The Ethereum Improvement Proposal EIP-7702, introduced earlier this year, exposed vulnerabilities that malicious actors have actively exploited, underscoring the critical need for a more focused approach to protocol development.<\/p>\n<p>Originally introduced to enhance wallet functionality by allowing standard Ethereum accounts to temporarily behave like smart contracts, EIP-7702 has inadvertently opened the door to new forms of abuse. On-chain analysts and security firms have flagged a wave of wallet-draining attacks exploiting the new delegation feature, raising urgent questions about the security implications of recent protocol changes.<\/p>\n<p>The timing of the Ethereum Foundation\u2019s reorganization suggests an effort to address the operational shortcomings and restore confidence in its protocol development roadmap.<\/p>\n<p>    <!-- .cn-block-related-link --><\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Ethereum foundation has announced a shakeup of its internal structure, including the rebrand of its research and development team. 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