Vitalik states that EF will shift toward smaller-scale, long-term, clearly responsible node organizations, no longer being ecosystem-centric, with limited resources focusing on core areas such as anti-censorship, openness, privacy, and security. EF will promote formal verification and strong consensus security through the CROPS dimension, reducing intermediaries, and this does not conflict with scalability and L2 solutions. ETH is the most financially valuable product, and some work will be undertaken by other organizations within the ecosystem.

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Wu said that Vitalik Buterin stated that the Ethereum Foundation (EF) will shift towards a smaller-scale, long-term, more clearly defined organizational structure in the future, no longer acting as the "center" of the Ethereum ecosystem, but instead existing as a node with clear responsibilities. Since EF has limited resources and only holds about 0.16% of ETH, its focus will be on core areas such as censorship resistance, capture resistance, openness, privacy, and security, rather than broadly undertaking ecosystem development functions. Vitalik believes that Ethereum should not solely pursue extreme TPS and low latency, but should differentiate itself through CROPS dimensions such as formal verifiability, stronger consensus security, and reduced reliance on intermediaries; these goals do not conflict with scaling, L2, and lower slot times. He also stated that ETH is the most financially valuable product of Ethereum, but some work supporting ETH assets goes beyond EF's scope and requires other organizations within the ecosystem to share the responsibility.

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Stop-LossAtTheEdgeOfTheLava

· 59m ago

Reducing intermediaries is actually not in conflict with the L2 route.

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GateUser-8da82d63

· 3h ago

Clear responsibilities are a good thing; previously, EF tried to manage everything, but in the end, nothing was managed well.

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FoldedYield

· 21h ago

Some work has been transferred to the ecosystem; which projects can handle it?

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Semi-MatureGovernanceVote

· 23h ago

Is ETH the most financially valuable? Vitalik finally faces the business reality head-on

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GaslightGuardian

· 23h ago

CROPS, this abbreviation is quite interesting; formal verification is the real deal.

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ReefUnderTheMoonlight

· 23h ago

It was about time to slim down; EF has indeed become too bloated over the past few years.

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HeavyStakingOnASnowyNight

· 23h ago

Resources are limited, so let the ecosystem bear the burden; the logic is self-consistent.

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PeacockSpreadsItsFeathersBut

· 23h ago

Can the node organization be made smaller so that decisions can be made more quickly?

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NotYourExit

· 23h ago

Focusing on anti-censorship and privacy—that is the soul of Ethereum.

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