Vitalik Buterin said his influence over the Ethereum Foundation will continue to decrease as the organization shifts toward a leaner and more decentralized structure.
According to reports, the Foundation plans to reduce ETH sales and focus more on long term sustainability instead of aggressive expansion.
Vitalik also noted that the Ethereum Foundation now holds only around 0.16% of the total ETH supply, pushing back against claims that Ethereum is overly centralized.
The update comes amid broader leadership and strategic changes within the Ethereum ecosystem, including staff departures and a stronger focus on privacy, censorship resistance, open source development, and security under the Foundation’s new “CROPS” framework.
Reports suggest the Foundation wants to play a narrower role while allowing the wider Ethereum ecosystem to grow more independently.
The announcement has sparked debate across the crypto community about Ethereum governance, decentralization, and the Foundation’s future direction.
Some of my perspective on where the @ethereumfndn is going.
First of all, this is only my own view. The board is not just me, and I have no extra special powers on the board that the other board members do not. @aerugoettinea is the one executing much of this transition. My…
— vitalik.eth (@VitalikButerin) May 24, 2026
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