Vitalik Buterin said the Ethereum Foundation should not be treated as the center of Ethereum, but as one purpose-built node within a broader ecosystem, and said it will narrow its role to focus on privacy, security, and decentralization. The update reinforces earlier reform plans as the organization continues internal changes amid senior contributor departures. Buterin had previously indicated the foundation may become smaller, reduce ETH sales, and concentrate on long-term priorities such as censorship resistance, open source development, privacy, and security, with broader operating changes expected to stabilize over the coming months.