• I am stepping down from my co-ED role at the EF at the end of February 2026. • Bastian Aue is taking over the co-ED role alongside Hsiao-Wei. • The future is bright for builders, for Ethereum, for the EF, and for me. • Future of Ethereum As competing ideas emerge and fail and the markets jump up and down, we have never been given too much certainty. • The conviction about Ethereum that comes from a deep understanding of its technology, its governance, its meaning for the future, and the values we share will always make us converge intermittently, even when our curiosities drive our explorations very far from the canonical paths. • Open-source LLM models are not doing badly and will hopefully do better and better.
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- Tomasz announced he will step down as co‑executive director of the Ethereum Foundation (EF) at the end of February 2026. Bastian Aue will assume the co‑ED role alongside Hsiao‑Wei. Tomasz praised the Foundation’s rapid progress, noting achievements such as accelerated decision‑making, stronger local hubs, clearer treasury policies, and increased transparency. He highlighted Ethereum’s growing institutional preference, its leading position in stablecoins and real‑world asset activity, and the platform’s role as a low‑risk, privacy‑focused infrastructure for finance. Tomasz expressed confidence that Ethereum will continue to thrive as AI and open‑source LLMs expand its ecosystem.
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