The Ethereum Foundation announced a reorganization of its R&D team, focusing on three strategic goals: expanding L1 and Blobs, and enhancing user UX experience.

The Ethereum Foundation announced the restructuring of its R&D team to focus on three core areas to address market competition and technical challenges. (Synopsis: Vitalik Ethereum Capacity Expansion New Proposal: Gas Limit Increases Reduce Node Requirements and Create Some Stateless Nodes) (Background supplement: Vitalik Publishes Ethereum Rollup Transition Mathematical Model: Towards "Full Decentralization" in Three Phases) The Ethereum Foundation (EF) announced through its official blog on the 2nd that it will reorganize its research and development team and lay off some employees. The official explanation that the move aims to focus resources more on solving the core design challenges of the Ethereum protocol is seen as a major strategic shift by the organization to maintain its competitiveness in the blockchain space. Ethereum is on the verge of a major breakthrough. The rapid progress of zkEVM has enabled us to re-architect Layer 1 while achieving scalability, verifiability, security, and censorship resistance. Layer 2 is solidifying, proactively reaching out to users, meeting demand, and can't wait to build on Ethereum as a foundation of trust. In short, the age of the world's computer is ready to appear. Resources focus on three core areas According to the announcement, the former (Protocol Research and Development, PR&D) division will be renamed Protocol. The focus will clearly shift to three priorities: expanding the scalability of the Ethereum base layer (L1), expanding the blobspace data space critical to Layer 2 development, and improving the overall user experience. EF says the key to implementing these strategies lies in leaders the community trusts. As a result, responsible persons will be more clearly appointed to increase the transparency and accountability of the program: Extension L1: Tim Beiko and Ansgar Dietrichs Extension L2: Alex Stokes and Francesco D'Amato Improve UX: Barnabé Monnot and Josh Rudolf Dankrad Feist will act as strategic advisors to the three main lines to help move the plan forward. Organizational changes and personnel changes The Foundation also confirmed that the restructuring will result in the departure of some of the former PR&D team members. "Some members of PR&D will no longer remain with the Ethereum Foundation, and we sincerely thank them for their contributions to Ethereum," the foundation said in a statement. The reshuffle follows a leadership change for the Ethereum Foundation on March 1 with the appointment of a new co-executive director, founder Vitalik Buterin is more focused on setting a long-term vision, and day-to-day operations are handed over to the new management, partly echoing the community's previous concerns about how the foundation is managed and where technology is headed. Accelerate technology upgrades and node optimization In terms of the current technical roadmap, expanding blobspace is the Foundation's current development priority. The Pectra hard fork, completed in May 2025, has doubled the number of blob targets per chunk from 3 to 6 (up to a maximum of 9). This provides Layer 2 Rollups with greater data availability, significantly reducing transaction fees and increasing overall network capacity. The Foundation is also working to improve the node operating experience, such as pushing EIP-4444 proposal to limit historical data storage, with the goal of lowering the hardware barrier to running Ethereum nodes, further strengthening the decentralized nature of the network, and future Fusaka hard forks are also expected to further increase the number of blobs. In summary, the Ethereum Foundation's recent organizational reorganization and technological upgrade reflect its changing response to market competition and community challenges, as well as the shift of the blockchain industry as a whole to a leaner, more efficient, and focused operating model to better adapt to the ongoing volatility of the cryptocurrency market. ETH stands back at $2,600 As for the coin price, in the context of Bitcoin's rebound, ETH also regained $2,600 at the time of writing, and is now trading at $2,620. Related reports The US SEC issued "Ethereum pledge" :P oS Stating non-securities trading, participants do not need to register No more dumping ETH? Ethereum Foundation borrows $2 million with Aave $GHO V God evaluates the collapse of Nordic "cashless society": Ethereum can be used as a digital backup "Ethereum Foundation announced the restructuring of the R&D team, focusing on 3 strategic goals: expanding L1 and Blobs, improving user UX experience" This article was first published in BlockTempo's "Dynamic Trend - The Most Influential Blockchain News Media".