Ethereum Foundation Focuses on L1 Expansion and UX Improvement, Vitalik to Concentrate on Research Direction

Jinse reports that the new co-executive director of the Ethereum Foundation, Tomasz K. Stańczak, stated that the foundation will shift its research and development focus to L1 expansion, L2 support, and user experience optimization, covering protocol upgrades such as Pectra, Fusaka, and Glamsterdam. Vitalik Buterin will reduce daily coordination work to concentrate on advancing research, including RISC‑V, zkVM, and privacy directions. He emphasized that proposals from Vitalik and other researchers are exploratory and require community discussion and review, aiming to accelerate future Ethereum breakthroughs.