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Ethereum Foundation’s new co-executive director Tomasz K. Stańczak says Buterin’s proposals are meant to spark discussions and invite scrutiny regarding the network’s future goals and breakthroughs. In a recent post following Buterin’s previous proposal on replacing Ethereum (ETH) Virtual Machine with RISC-V to improve long-term scalability, Stańczak said that under the change in leadership, the Foundation will shift its focus from research and development to working on Layer 1 scaling, Layer 2 support, optimizing user experience, and interoperability. This includes improving the network under the new protocol upgrades, such as the upcoming Pectra upgrade, Fusaka and Glamsterdam. Our discussions about the Layer 1 scaling roadmap have been extensive, and the feedback so far suggests that the community appreciates our ambition. Turning that ambition into reality now depends on the focus of the core development teams and researchers. Following the recent… — Tomasz K. Stańczak (@tkstanczak) April 20, 2025 As a result, Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin will have a relatively smaller role in the network’s daily operational work. Instead, Buterin will be focusing his efforts on network-related research initiatives. “We aimed, among other things, to free more of Vitalik’s time for research and exploration, rather than day‑to‑day coordination or crisis response. Each time Vitalik shares insights or communicates a direction, he accelerates major long‑term breakthroughs,” said Stańczak. Price chart for Ethereum in the past few hours of trading, April 21, 2025 | Source: crypto.news Stańczak went on to praise Buterin for his recent proposal on RISC‑V and zkVMs which he claimed has “advanced promising avenues.” Moreover, he also stated that Buterin’s proposals on privacy has helped realign the community with the network’s core values. However, he took the opportunity to remind community members that although Buterin’s proposals hold significant impact, they are designed to spark conversations and should not be treated as…

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