The Ethereum Foundation has completed a months-long reorganisation and cut 54 staff, about 20 percent of its workforce. It has restructured around five domain clusters and will focus on strengthening the protocol and supporting the ecosystem. The new structure adds an operations cluster and teams reporting directly to management, with separate internal structures and performance metrics for each cluster. Severance is set at the higher of a tenure-based formula or local legal standards.

As senior figures continue to leave the Ethereum Foundation, Zcash co-founder Eli Ben-Sasson publicly weighed in on recent turmoil surrounding Ethereum. He acknowledged Ethereum’s strengths but said politics exists inside the foundation. Concerns have also been raised about funding for development, with differing views aired by former contributors and industry figures. Ben-Sasson said he was not attacking the foundation or predicting Ethereum’s end, and called for future structures to prioritize competence and technology.