The Ethereum Foundation is going to be smaller. It is going to focus only on wha...

…The onchain analyst Bantech summed it up in one post. All three EF protocol leads gone. Which brings us directly to the post itself because the timing tells you everything you need to know about the motive. So what did Vitalik actually say? The headline is what he calls the smaller ship framework. In other words, the Ethereum Foundation is going to be smaller. It is going to focus only on what he claims it can uniquely do. And he wrapped that focus in a five-letter mandate called crops, which stands for censorship resistance, capture resistance, openness, privacy, and security. He explicitly said that competing with rival chains on throughput and TPS is quote a route to mediocrity. So the Ethereum Foundation is now stepping out of the speed war entirely. On the Treasury question, he committed to selling less ETH, framing it as longevity over breadth. He pointed out that EF holds roughly 0.16% of total ETH supply compared to other blockchain foundations sitting between 10 and 50%. Vitalik disclosed that approximately 90% of his own net worth is held in ETH. He also confirmed the board is expanding…