Ethereum Foundation announces reorganization of R&D team and layoffs, focusing on network expansion and user experience

Odaily News The Ethereum Foundation announced a reorganization of its research and development team, laying off some employees and renaming the department "Protocol" to focus on the core challenges of protocol design.
The changes are aimed at addressing ongoing community criticism of the Foundation’s management and strategic direction, with some warning that failure to address key technical issues could threaten Ethereum’s position as an industry technology leader.
The foundation said the reorganized Protocol team will work around three major priorities: expanding the scalability of the Ethereum underlying network, advancing blobspace expansion in data availability strategies, and improving user experience.
The foundation said in its announcement that "some members of the R&D team will no longer be employed" and encouraged other teams to recruit these talents. The number of layoffs was not disclosed.
In addition, the foundation stated that the reorganized team will be committed to improving the transparency of upgrade schedules, technical documentation, and research. Co-executive director Hsiao-Wei Weng expressed on social media X that he hopes the new structure will drive core projects forward more efficiently. (CoinDesk)