Project
Ethereum Foundation
Boon to its network
"People spending other people’s money, with minimal accountability, rarely optimize for impact." He called the Ethereum Foundation a boon to its network, so his target is a structure and at least one foundation stands outside it .
Description sourced from
- CryptoLately
“"People spending other people’s money, with minimal accountability, rarely optimize for impact." He called the Ethereum Foundation a boon to its network, so his target is a structure and at least one foundation stands outside it .”
Named in 12 pieces
Board Seats
pcaversaccio Joins the Ethereum Foundation Board After 54 Job Cuts
Hsiao-Wei Wang left on June 18, 2026, the Ethereum Foundation cut 54 jobs on June 23, and pcaversaccio joined its board on July 29.
CEO Changes
Bastian Aue Replaces Tomasz Stańczak as Ethereum Foundation Co-Director
Tomasz Stańczak announced on February 13, 2026 that he would leave his Ethereum Foundation co-executive director post at the end of the month, and the Foundation's board named Bastian Aue interim co-executive director the same day.
Board Seats
Bill Barhydt Chairs the Algorand Foundation's New Delaware Board
The Algorand Foundation moved its headquarters from Singapore to Delaware and seated four outside directors on January 14, 2026.
CEO Changes
Sandeep Nailwal Becomes the Polygon Foundation's First CEO
Mihailo Bjelic left the Polygon Foundation board on May 23, 2025, and Sandeep Nailwal became its first CEO on June 11.
CEO Changes
Aya Miyaguchi Hands the Ethereum Foundation to Two Co-Directors
Aya Miyaguchi moved from executive director to president on Feb. 25, 2025, two co-directors took over on March 1.
CEO Changes
Edge & Node Names Rodrigo Coelho Chief Executive Officer
Edge & Node named Rodrigo Coelho, The Graph's first hire, as chief executive officer on Jan. 23, 2025, succeeding Tegan Kline after she led the ecosystem's Sunrise of Decentralized Data initiative.
Layer 1s & Infrastructure
Danny Ryan Steers the Merge That Unplugged Ethereum's Miners
Danny Ryan coordinated Ethereum's switch to proof of stake on Sept. 15, 2022; CCRI found it cut the network's electricity use by 99.988 percent.
Layer 1s & Infrastructure
Protolambda's Blobs Cut Rollup Fees and Ethereum's Rent
Protolambda's EIP-4844 dropped Base's median fee from $0.59 to under a cent in March 2024, and cut what Base pays Ethereum.
Layer 1s & Infrastructure
Eric Conner Sparks Ethereum's Fee Burn, and Miners Fume
Eric Conner championed Vitalik Buterin's fee-burn plan in 2019; Ethereum has burned 4.6 million ETH since August 2021, though the burn shrank in 2025.
Protocol Research
Kevin Owocki Squares the Crowd at Gitcoin
Gitcoin ran its first quadratic funding round in February 2019 with a $25,000 match; by 2022 matches topped $3 million, and fake accounts grew alongside.
CEO Changes
Ethereum Foundation Names Aya Miyaguchi Executive Director
Aya Miyaguchi left her post as Kraken Japan's managing director to become the Ethereum Foundation's executive director on February 1, 2018, succeeding Ming Chan.
CEO Changes
Ming Chan Steps Down as Ethereum Foundation's Executive Director
Ming Chan left the Ethereum Foundation's top staff role on January 31, 2018, after two and a half years guiding the organization through the DAO hack and the 2016 denial-of-service attacks.