As Ethereum Turns 10, Where Is the Foundation Focused Next? - Ep. 877

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Ethereum turned 10 on Wednesday, capping off a decade of trials and travails — but also triumphs. After years of being the heart of crypto’s onchain economy, Ethereum stalled last year, losing mindshare and market share to Bitcoin and Solana. During that time, some long-time supporters publicly aired frustrations with the Ethereum Foundation.

Now, there’s a palpable shift in energy.

In this episode, Tomasz Stanczak, the co-executive director of the Ethereum Foundation, reflects on the 10-year anniversary and talks about what’s ahead.

From internal strategy overhauls to his plans to tackle Ethereum’s UX and developer experience, Tomasz shares how the Foundation is trying to re-center Ethereum — and why he’s betting on it for the next decade.

He also lays out what he calls a “secondary roadmap,” including bold ambitions like building Ethereum into a platform for AI, machines, and even a new kind of open-source society.

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  Guest:

• Tomasz K. Stańczak, Co-Executive Director at the Ethereum Foundation and Founder of Nethermind

  Links:

• Unchained: Ethereum Turns 10 Years Old
• Tomasz’s tweet about the roadmap

Timestamps:

🎬 0:00 Intro

🎉 7:46 How Tomasz is reflecting on Ethereum’s 10th birthday and its recent struggles

🧠 10:41 What Ethereum means to Tomasz and how he explains it to the normies

🏗️ 17:28 Why the Ethereum Foundation plays a different kind of role in crypto development

👔 22:59 How Tomasz ended up as co-executive director of the EF

🗣️ 27:25 What he learned from hundreds of conversations about how Ethereum could improve

🎯 29:47 Why the Foundation is now focused on three core goals

💼 36:34 How and why the EF is also embracing business development

🪙 42:40 Why Tomasz wants people minting directly on Ethereum Layer 1

📣 46:14 How the Foundation’s communication strategy has changed and why it matters

📉 52:48 Why the EF isn’t focused on ETH’s price—at least not directly

🧾 57:50 Whether the Foundation is worried about Ether’s shifting asset narrative

🔗 1:03:34 How the EF is working to fix interoperability issues within Ethereum

🏦 1:05:59 Why the Foundation sold ETH to SBET and how its treasury strategy is evolving

🏛️ 1:14:09 How Ethereum became the chain of choice for institutions

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