US EditionEthereum Foundation Lays Off Some Staff Amid R&D Restructuring
- The Ethereum Foundation announced on June 2, 2025, a restructuring that rebranded its research and development division as Protocol and included staff layoffs.
- The restructuring aimed to address internal criticism and refocus the team on three priorities: scaling Ethereum's base layer, expanding blobspace, and improving user experience.
- The newly named Protocol division will serve as a centralized hub for core protocol work while improving public visibility into upgrade timelines, documentation, and research.
- Co-Executive director Hsiao-Wei Weng stated on X that the changes represent a departure from previous ways of working and aim to create a more responsive and effective structure.
- The Foundation's reorganization, including layoffs, signals a shift toward prioritizing key technical challenges amid ongoing community debate on Ethereum's future direction.
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Ethereum Foundation Lays Off Staff Amid R&D Rebrand - Unchained Crypto
The Ethereum Foundation on Monday announced a significant restructuring of its research and development division, now rebranded simply as Protocol. As part of the overhaul, the foundation confirmed that it had laid off several staff members, without specifying names or the number of people it had given their marching orders. Some of the areas the team hopes to address are prioritizing core protocol work in scaling the base layer and streamlining…
Ethereum Foundation Lays Off Some Staff Amid R&D Restructuring
The Ethereum Foundation has laid off some members of its research and development team as part of a broader restructuring effort aimed at refocusing on critical protocol design challenges, the organization said in a blog post Monday.The shake-up comes as the Switzerland-based nonprofit grapples with ongoing criticism over its management and strategic direction. Some in the Ethereum community have warned for over a year that failure to address ke…
Why is Ethereum Foundation Firing Developers Now? Has Ethereum finally hit the wall?
Is Ethereum’s development stalling—just as rivals gain speed? Ethereum Foundation Hit by Layoffs as Scalability Pressure Mounts Urgent restructuring raises red flags amid long-standing scalability issues Yello, Paradisers! The Ethereum Foundation just announced internal layoffs, restructured core teams, and unveiled a fresh organizational blueprint. At the heart of the change: scaling delays, user experience frustrations, and mounting criticis…
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A version of this article appeared in our The Decentralised newsletter on June 3. Sign up here.While Andreessen Horowitz proclaims the end of crypto’s “foundation era,” the most important foundation in the business is in the midst of a, well, foundational shakeup.Earlier this year, Hsiao-Wei Wang and Tomasz Stańczak replaced Aya Miyaguchi as the Ethereum Foundation’s executive directors (the latter assumed a new role as the organisation’s presid…
Ethereum Foundation Announces Layoffs and Restructuring to Boost Scalability and User Experience
The Ethereum Foundation announced that it has fired some members of its research and development team. This move is part of a larger restructuring plan designed to address key protocol design challenges. Reorganization Efforts According to a Monday blog post, the Foundation has rebranded its Protocol Research and Development division under a new, simplified name, “Protocol.” The organization is also reorganizing its teams and introducing clear …
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