The Ethereum Foundation (EF) is undergoing a major leadership shakeup, aiming to boost its efforts in scaling Ethereum for 2025. This change involves a new co-executive director structure and a renewed strategic vision.
A New Leadership Duo Takes the Helm
Hsiao-Wei Wang and Tomasz K. Stańczak are now jointly leading the EF. They’ve emphasized a collaborative approach, focusing on mutual respect and shared goals. This co-leadership model is intended to avoid single points of failure and ensure a more robust leadership structure.
Key Priorities for the Next Year
The EF’s immediate priorities for the next 12 months are:
- Scaling the mainnet: Improving the performance and capacity of Ethereum’s core network.
- Scaling data availability: Addressing the challenges of storing and accessing large amounts of data on the network.
- Improving user experience: Making it easier and more intuitive for users to interact with Ethereum’s Layer 2 scaling solutions and applications.
Stańczak has committed to a two-year term, bringing his strategic execution expertise to the foundation during this crucial period. Wang’s role bridges the gap between the board, executives, and management.
A Refreshed Vision: The “Infinite Garden”
The EF’s vision is described as an “Infinite Garden,” emphasizing resilience and adaptability. The foundation aims to focus on tasks that only it can currently handle, paving the way for others to build upon its work. This approach emphasizes purposeful action and avoids unnecessary tasks.
Maximizing Ethereum’s Potential
The EF’s top priorities for 2025 include:
- Boosting Ethereum usage: Encouraging the development and adoption of Ethereum-based applications across various sectors like decentralized finance (DeFi), social media, and AI.
- Strengthening Ethereum’s infrastructure: Ensuring the network’s resilience, security, and scalability. This includes fostering a diverse ecosystem of developers and maintaining a commitment to core values like censorship resistance, open source, privacy, and security.
Wang will focus on improving the developer and user experience within the application layer, while Stańczak will concentrate on protocol-level scalability and Layer 2 architecture. Both emphasize increased community engagement and communication.
The Challenge Ahead
The EF’s success hinges on demonstrating Ethereum’s scalability in 2025 without compromising its core principles. The new leadership team views the coming months as a critical period, aiming to leverage Ethereum’s strong ecosystem to achieve significant progress. The ultimate test will be whether this new leadership structure can deliver tangible improvements in mainnet throughput, data availability, and user experience. The foundation’s core values, however, remain unchanged.