Retreating from the ecological center to become a node organization, focusing on anti-censorship and consensus security, the CROPS framework sounds like it aims to provide hard insurance on the ETH underlying layer. I agree with long-termism, but if some work is handed over to the ecosystem, can other organizations handle it?

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.