• Putting the treasury to work: The Ethereum Foundation just staked 70,000 ETH to fund its future The staking commenced with a 2,016 ETH deposit, and uses Dirk and Vouch, open-source validator tools developed by infrastructure firm Attestant What to know: The Ethereum Foundation has started the process of staking 70,000 ETH to support operations and deepen its role in the Ethereum ecosystem. • The staking uses Dirk and Vouch, open-source tools developed by Attestant, to manage validator duties and reduce single points of failure. • Staking rewards will be used to fund protocol research, ecosystem development, and community grants, the EF said. • The Ethereum Foundation has started staking part of its treasury holdings, putting around 70,000 ETH to work as part of its plan to support ongoing operations in the Ethereum ecosystem. • The staking commenced with a 2,016 ETH deposit, and uses Dirk and Vouch, open-source validator tools developed by infrastructure firm Attestant, the Foundation said. • Dirk functions as a distributed signer that allows for coordination across multiple jurisdictions and reduces single points of failure, while Vouch handles validator duties.

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  • The Ethereum Foundation has begun staking roughly 70,000 ETH from its treasury to generate income for future operations. The initial deposit of 2,016 ETH was made using Dirk and Vouch, open‑source validator tools from Attestant that provide distributed signing and reduce single points of failure. Staking rewards will be allocated to protocol research, ecosystem development and community grants, aligning with the Foundation’s treasury policy that balances sustainability with decentralization and privacy. The setup combines hosted infrastructure and self‑managed hardware across multiple jurisdictions, with a current validator yield of about 2.8 %.

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