Ethereum Foundation parts ways with 54 colleagues in five-cluster reorganization

The EF said the overhaul is aimed at “scaling self-sovereignty” while making the organization leaner and more focused on work it sees as core to its mission.

Summary

The Ethereum Foundation is cutting 54 roles as it restructures around five domain clusters: Protocol, Access, User, Community and Institutional layers. The organization said the new setup is designed to support “scaling self-sovereignty,” a phrase that points to expanding user control over assets and identity without centralized intermediaries, while keeping the foundation “leaner and more focused” on critical work it believes it is best placed to do.

Terms & Concepts
  • self-sovereignty: User control over assets and identity
  • Protocol: Core rules and infrastructure layer
  • Institutional layers: Functions serving organizations and formal entities