<p>作者：南希，PANews</p>
<p>在短短几个月内，几位核心成员离开了以太坊基金会（EF），进一步打击了本已低迷的以太坊社区士气，尤其是在当前 ETH 价格相对疲软的情况下。在 EF 关键的转型期，资深高管集体离职。到 2025 年中，面对执行效率缓慢、生态系统支持不足以及对治理透明度的长期质疑，以太坊基金会启动了内部重组，首次公开裁员，重组其研发团队。这一举动被外界视为迟来的自我修正。2026 年 3 月，EF 发布了一份 38 页的使命声明。在重申以太坊核心愿景的同时，基金会明确表示其角色已从 “首位守护者” 转变为 “众多守护者之一”。为了展示其决心，EF 甚至制作了一个 “SOURCE SEPPUKU LICENSE” 的表情包，象征着如果未能履行对以太坊的承诺，将 “承担后果并结束自己的生命”。然而，尽管 EF 的组织重组仍在继续，核心成员却在稳步离开。今年 2 月以来，已有七位核心成员或高级贡献者离职。2 月，Tomasz Stańczak 宣布辞去以太坊框架（EF）联合执行董事职务，任职不到一年。在任期间，他主导了隐私保护、后量子安全和去中心化 AI 等领域的发展。他表示，以太坊生态系统目前处于相对健康的阶段，因此希望回归核心产品的建设，专注于探索 AI 与以太坊的结合。他还指出，自己在 EF 内部的独立执行角色正在逐渐缩小，继续任职更多的是一种过渡交接。接任者是 2019 年加入 EF 的 Bastian Aue。相比之下，关于 Aue 的信息公开较少，他之前专注于组织协调和运营优化等关键支持工作。大约两个月后，在 2026 年 4 月中旬，关键人物 Josh Stark 在 EF 工作七年后宣布离职。他深度参与了多个关键的以太坊升级，包括 The Merge、Dencun、Fusaka 和 Pectra，并担任了万亿美元安全计划的联合主席。他离职的理由是 “计划休息并陪伴家人”。同一天，Trent Van Epps 也宣布离开 EF。他长期负责 Protocol Guild 的组织和协调，推动以太坊核心开发者的资金机制建立，并参与网络升级和资金支持。离职后，他将专注于对 Protocol Guild 和以太坊政治经济学的研究。他之前曾公开表示，EF 领导层与 Milady NFT 系列之间的联系 “令人困惑”。5 月，Protocol 研究的联合负责人 Alex Stokes 宣布请假。随后，前 Protocol Guild 联合负责人 Barnabé Monnot 和 Tim Beiko，以及两位高级研究员 Carl Beek 和 Julian Ma 也离开了，但未公开说明离职原因。尽管大多数离职成员没有透露具体的离职原因，但有报道称，EF 基于其强调的 “反审查原则”，要求内部成员签署一份名为 Mandate 的文件，否则将面临立即解雇。该原则强调，任何实体都不应通过建立对关键机制的持续和独占控制来干扰合法使用或影响系统运行。然而，这一声明尚未得到 EF 的正式确认。EF 的人才流失也引发了对整个以太坊生态系统的担忧。Protocol Guild 的贡献者 cheeky-gorilla 警告称，L1 核心开发的健康是整个以太坊生态系统的基础，但核心开发者的薪酬比市场上类似职位低 50% 至 60%，而高性能的新链如 Monad 和领先的 L2 项目则以超过 10 倍的薪资挖掘人才。他警告称，一旦熟悉底层协议逻辑的高级研究人员离开，以太坊的关键路线图将面临重大停滞的风险。Protocol 团队的领导层变动加剧了对升级延迟的担忧。在短短四个月内，执行层和研究层的资深人士相继离职，进一步增加了围绕 EF 改革的不确定性，尤其是对 Protocol 团队的调整。Protocol 团队是负责以太坊基础层设计、研究、开发和协调的核心团队，涵盖安全性、密码学、zkEVM 和点对点网络等领域。作为 EF 的核心力量之一，它对以太坊协议的长期演变、安全性和可扩展性具有重要影响。针对人员变动，EF 本月也完成了 Protocol 团队的重组，任命了三位新的 Protocol 联合负责人：Will Corcoran、Kev Wedderburn 和 Fredrik Svantes。三人均在 EF 工作约两到七年。Will Corcoran 是 Protocol 研究协调员，专注于 zkVM 证明系统、后量子共识和快速确认规则等前沿研究。他在跨团队协调方面有经验，并熟悉整体架构。Kev Wedderburn 是 zkEVM 团队负责人，拥有丰富的零知识证明、zkEVM 实施以及研究与工程整合的经验。他将继续领导与 zkEVM 相关的工作，推动执行层与零知识技术的深度整合。Fredrik Svantes 是 Protocol 安全研究负责人，长期负责以太坊核心安全工作，包括万亿美元安全计划和以太坊漏洞修复。赏金计划和审计竞赛的组织将深度参与跨团队合作。在新的领导团队下，Protocol 将专注于短期内推出 Glamsterdam 升级，为下一个 Hegotá升级做准备，并继续推进 Strawmap 路线图的实施。Glamsterdam 是以太坊下一个重大网络升级，核心关注点是提高以太坊主网的吞吐量。计划将气体上限从当前的约 6000 万提高到 2 亿，并调整交易处理机制和状态数据库管理方法。然而，原定于 2026 年 6 月的 Glamsterdam 升级已被推迟。根据最新的测试网进展和 Interop 会议的反馈，实际主网启动更可能推迟到 2026 年第三季度。因此，一些社区成员和开发者担心，近期核心人员的变动可能进一步影响升级的进度和执行效率。然而，也有人认为，这一人员流动是 EF 重组过程中正常现象。一些成员在完成阶段性任务后离开，而其他成员则进行了调整以与战略方向保持一致。同时，新的领导层逐渐接管，核心路线图保持不变。更重要的是，随着以太坊生态系统的成熟，EF 本身有意淡化其中心角色。这有助于降低单点控制的风险，缓解外界对基金会影响力的质疑，并进一步巩固以太坊作为中立基础设施的地位。这也与 Vitalik 的 “撤退测试” 概念相一致，确保即使核心开发者完全撤回并停止维护，协议仍能在长期内安全、可预测和稳定地运行。</p>

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<p>最近几个月，七名核心成员离开了以太坊基金会，这引发了人们对该组织稳定性和以太坊生态系统未来的担忧。这些离职与以太坊基金会内部重组的进程相吻合，重组旨在提高执行效率和治理透明度。尽管有新的使命声明和领导层变动，但经验丰富的贡献者的流失可能会阻碍以太坊的发展，因为他们面临来自其他链的竞争，这些链提供的薪资显著更高。协议团队的重组被视为以太坊长期演变和安全性的关键</p>

<p>Author: Nancy, PANews</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>作者：南希，PANews</p>
</div><p>In just a few months, several core members have left the Ethereum Foundation (EF), further dampening the already low morale of the Ethereum community, especially given the current relatively weak performance of ETH prices. During EF's critical transformation period, veteran executives collectively left. In mid-2025, facing slow execution efficiency, insufficient ecosystem support, and long-standing doubts about governance transparency, the Ethereum Foundation initiated an internal restructuring, reorganizing its research and development team and publicly laying off staff for the first time. This move was seen by outsiders as a belated self-correction. In March 2026, EF released a 38-page mission statement. While reiterating Ethereum's core vision, the Foundation explicitly stated that its role had shifted from &#34;the first guardian&#34; to &#34;one of many guardians.&#34; To demonstrate its resolve, EF even created a meme of &#34;SOURCE SEPPUKU LICENSE,&#34; signifying that if it fails to fulfill its commitments to Ethereum, it will &#34;reape the consequences and end its own life.&#34; However, while EF's organizational restructuring continues, core members are steadily leaving. Since February of this year, seven core members or senior contributors have departed. In February, Tomasz Stańczak announced his resignation as co-executive director of Ethereum Framework (EF), less than a year after taking office. During his tenure, he spearheaded developments in areas such as privacy protection, post-quantum security, and decentralized AI. He stated that the Ethereum ecosystem is now in a relatively healthy phase, and therefore he hopes to return to building core products, focusing on exploring the integration of AI and Ethereum. He also pointed out that his independent executive role within EF is gradually shrinking, and his continued tenure is more of a transitional handover. The successor is Bastian Aue, who joined EF in 2019. In comparison, less information is publicly available about Aue, who previously focused on key support work such as organizational coordination and operational optimization. About two months later, in mid-April 2026, key figure Josh Stark announced his departure after seven years at EF. He had been deeply involved in several key Ethereum upgrades, including The Merge, Dencun, Fusaka, and Pectra, and served as co-chair of the trillion-dollar security initiative. His stated reason for leaving was &#34;planning to rest and spend time with family.&#34; On the same day, Trent Van Epps also announced his departure from EF. He had long been responsible for the organization and coordination of the Protocol Guild, promoting the establishment of funding mechanisms for Ethereum core developers, and participating in network upgrades and funding support. After leaving, he will focus on research on Protocol Guild and the political economy of Ethereum. He had previously publicly stated that the connection between EF leadership and the Milady NFT series was &#34;puzzling.&#34; In May, Alex Stokes, co-head of Protocol research, announced a leave of absence. Subsequently, Barnabé Monnot and Tim Beiko, former co-heads of Protocol Guild, as well as two senior researchers, Carl Beek and Julian Ma, also left, without publicly disclosing their reasons. Although most departing members did not disclose specific reasons for their departure, reports suggest that EF, based on its emphasized &#34;anti-censorship principle,&#34; required internal members to sign a document called a Mandate, or face immediate dismissal. This principle emphasizes that no entity should interfere with legitimate use or influence system operation by establishing persistent and exclusive control over key mechanisms. However, this statement has not yet been officially confirmed by EF. The loss of talent from EF has also raised concerns about the overall Ethereum ecosystem. Protocol Guild contributor cheeky-gorilla warned that the health of L1 core development is the foundation of the entire Ethereum ecosystem, but core developers are paid 50% to 60% less than similar positions in the market, while high-performance new chains like Monad and leading L2 projects are poaching talent with salaries more than 10 times higher. He warned that once senior researchers familiar with the underlying protocol logic leave, Ethereum's key roadmap will face the risk of substantial shutdown. The Protocol team's leadership change exacerbates concerns about upgrade delays. Within just four months, seasoned veterans from the execution and research layers have left one after another, further increasing the uncertainty surrounding EF's reforms, especially the adjustments to the Protocol team. The Protocol team is the core team responsible for the design, research, development, and coordination of the Ethereum base layer, covering areas such as security, cryptography, zkEVM, and peer-to-peer networks. As one of the core forces of EF, it has a significant impact on the long-term evolution, security, and scalability of the Ethereum protocol. In response to personnel changes, EF also completed the restructuring of the Protocol team this month, appointing three new Protocol co-leaders: Will Corcoran, Kev Wedderburn, and Fredrik Svantes. The three have been with EF for approximately two to seven years. Will Corcoran is the Protocol Research Coordinator, focusing on cutting-edge research such as the zkVM proof system, post-quantum consensus, and Fast Confirmation Rule. He has experience in cross-team coordination and is familiar with the overall architecture. Kev Wedderburn is the zkEVM team leader, with extensive experience in zero-knowledge proofs, zkEVM implementation, and the integration of research and engineering. He will continue to lead zkEVM-related work, promoting the deep integration of the execution layer and zero-knowledge technology. Fredrik Svantes is the Protocol Security Research Leader, having long led core Ethereum security work, including the trillion-dollar security plan and Ethereum bug fixing. The Bounty program and audit competition organization will be deeply involved in cross-team collaboration. Under the new leadership team, Protocol will focus on launching the Glamsterdam upgrade in the short term, preparing for the next Hegotá upgrade, and continuing to push forward the implementation of the Strawmap roadmap. Glamsterdam is Ethereum's next major network upgrade, with a core focus on improving Ethereum's mainnet throughput. The plan is to increase the gas cap from the current approximately 60 million to 200 million, and to adjust the transaction processing mechanism and state database management method. However, the Glamsterdam upgrade, originally planned for June 2026, has been delayed. Based on the latest testnet progress and feedback from the Interop conference, the actual mainnet launch is more likely to be postponed to the third quarter of 2026. Therefore, some community members and developers are concerned that recent changes in core personnel may further impact the upgrade's pace and execution efficiency. However, some argue that this personnel turnover is a normal phenomenon during the EF restructuring process. Some members have left after completing their phased missions, while others have adjusted to align with the strategic direction. Meanwhile, a new leadership has gradually taken over, and the core roadmap remains unchanged. More importantly, as the Ethereum ecosystem matures, EF itself intentionally downplays its central role. This helps reduce the risk of a single point of control, alleviates external doubts about the foundation's influence, and further strengthens Ethereum's position as a neutral infrastructure. This also aligns with Vitalik's concept of &#34;walkaway testing,&#34; ensuring that even if core developers completely withdraw and cease maintenance, the protocol can still operate securely, predictably, and stably in the long term.</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>在短短几个月内，几位核心成员离开了以太坊基金会（EF），进一步打击了本已低迷的以太坊社区士气，尤其是在当前 ETH 价格相对疲软的情况下。在 EF 关键的转型期，资深高管集体离职。到 2025 年中，面对执行效率缓慢、生态系统支持不足以及对治理透明度的长期质疑，以太坊基金会启动了内部重组，首次公开裁员，重组其研发团队。这一举动被外界视为迟来的自我修正。2026 年 3 月，EF 发布了一份 38 页的使命声明。在重申以太坊核心愿景的同时，基金会明确表示其角色已从 “首位守护者” 转变为 “众多守护者之一”。为了展示其决心，EF 甚至制作了一个 “SOURCE SEPPUKU LICENSE” 的表情包，象征着如果未能履行对以太坊的承诺，将 “承担后果并结束自己的生命”。然而，尽管 EF 的组织重组仍在继续，核心成员却在稳步离开。今年 2 月以来，已有七位核心成员或高级贡献者离职。2 月，Tomasz Stańczak 宣布辞去以太坊框架（EF）联合执行董事职务，任职不到一年。在任期间，他主导了隐私保护、后量子安全和去中心化 AI 等领域的发展。他表示，以太坊生态系统目前处于相对健康的阶段，因此希望回归核心产品的建设，专注于探索 AI 与以太坊的结合。他还指出，自己在 EF 内部的独立执行角色正在逐渐缩小，继续任职更多的是一种过渡交接。接任者是 2019 年加入 EF 的 Bastian Aue。相比之下，关于 Aue 的信息公开较少，他之前专注于组织协调和运营优化等关键支持工作。大约两个月后，在 2026 年 4 月中旬，关键人物 Josh Stark 在 EF 工作七年后宣布离职。他深度参与了多个关键的以太坊升级，包括 The Merge、Dencun、Fusaka 和 Pectra，并担任了万亿美元安全计划的联合主席。他离职的理由是 “计划休息并陪伴家人”。同一天，Trent Van Epps 也宣布离开 EF。他长期负责 Protocol Guild 的组织和协调，推动以太坊核心开发者的资金机制建立，并参与网络升级和资金支持。离职后，他将专注于对 Protocol Guild 和以太坊政治经济学的研究。他之前曾公开表示，EF 领导层与 Milady NFT 系列之间的联系 “令人困惑”。5 月，Protocol 研究的联合负责人 Alex Stokes 宣布请假。随后，前 Protocol Guild 联合负责人 Barnabé Monnot 和 Tim Beiko，以及两位高级研究员 Carl Beek 和 Julian Ma 也离开了，但未公开说明离职原因。尽管大多数离职成员没有透露具体的离职原因，但有报道称，EF 基于其强调的 “反审查原则”，要求内部成员签署一份名为 Mandate 的文件，否则将面临立即解雇。该原则强调，任何实体都不应通过建立对关键机制的持续和独占控制来干扰合法使用或影响系统运行。然而，这一声明尚未得到 EF 的正式确认。EF 的人才流失也引发了对整个以太坊生态系统的担忧。Protocol Guild 的贡献者 cheeky-gorilla 警告称，L1 核心开发的健康是整个以太坊生态系统的基础，但核心开发者的薪酬比市场上类似职位低 50% 至 60%，而高性能的新链如 Monad 和领先的 L2 项目则以超过 10 倍的薪资挖掘人才。他警告称，一旦熟悉底层协议逻辑的高级研究人员离开，以太坊的关键路线图将面临重大停滞的风险。Protocol 团队的领导层变动加剧了对升级延迟的担忧。在短短四个月内，执行层和研究层的资深人士相继离职，进一步增加了围绕 EF 改革的不确定性，尤其是对 Protocol 团队的调整。Protocol 团队是负责以太坊基础层设计、研究、开发和协调的核心团队，涵盖安全性、密码学、zkEVM 和点对点网络等领域。作为 EF 的核心力量之一，它对以太坊协议的长期演变、安全性和可扩展性具有重要影响。针对人员变动，EF 本月也完成了 Protocol 团队的重组，任命了三位新的 Protocol 联合负责人：Will Corcoran、Kev Wedderburn 和 Fredrik Svantes。三人均在 EF 工作约两到七年。Will Corcoran 是 Protocol 研究协调员，专注于 zkVM 证明系统、后量子共识和快速确认规则等前沿研究。他在跨团队协调方面有经验，并熟悉整体架构。Kev Wedderburn 是 zkEVM 团队负责人，拥有丰富的零知识证明、zkEVM 实施以及研究与工程整合的经验。他将继续领导与 zkEVM 相关的工作，推动执行层与零知识技术的深度整合。Fredrik Svantes 是 Protocol 安全研究负责人，长期负责以太坊核心安全工作，包括万亿美元安全计划和以太坊漏洞修复。赏金计划和审计竞赛的组织将深度参与跨团队合作。在新的领导团队下，Protocol 将专注于短期内推出 Glamsterdam 升级，为下一个 Hegotá升级做准备，并继续推进 Strawmap 路线图的实施。Glamsterdam 是以太坊下一个重大网络升级，核心关注点是提高以太坊主网的吞吐量。计划将气体上限从当前的约 6000 万提高到 2 亿，并调整交易处理机制和状态数据库管理方法。然而，原定于 2026 年 6 月的 Glamsterdam 升级已被推迟。根据最新的测试网进展和 Interop 会议的反馈，实际主网启动更可能推迟到 2026 年第三季度。因此，一些社区成员和开发者担心，近期核心人员的变动可能进一步影响升级的进度和执行效率。然而，也有人认为，这一人员流动是 EF 重组过程中正常现象。一些成员在完成阶段性任务后离开，而其他成员则进行了调整以与战略方向保持一致。同时，新的领导层逐渐接管，核心路线图保持不变。更重要的是，随着以太坊生态系统的成熟，EF 本身有意淡化其中心角色。这有助于降低单点控制的风险，缓解外界对基金会影响力的质疑，并进一步巩固以太坊作为中立基础设施的地位。这也与 Vitalik 的 “撤退测试” 概念相一致，确保即使核心开发者完全撤回并停止维护，协议仍能在长期内安全、可预测和稳定地运行。</p>
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Seven core members left Ethereum in four months. What's wrong with Ethereum?

- 以太坊基金会核心成员频繁离职，影响社区士气。  
- 基金会进行内部重组，面临执行效率低和治理透明性问题。  
- 新领导团队将重点推进 Glamsterdam 升级，但当前进度推迟，担心影响升级效率。

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