Vitalik Buterin Says The Ethereum Foundation Was Never Meant To Control Ethereum

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Ethereum co founder Vitalik Buterin has responded to growing criticism surrounding the Ethereum Foundation and its role in the ecosystem, arguing that the Foundation was never designed to function as the “center” of Ethereum. Instead, Buterin said the organization’s purpose is to support decentralization, open source research, cybersecurity, and censorship resistance rather than actively managing ETH price performance or competing aggressively with high throughput chains.

The comments come during a difficult period for Ethereum as ETH remains more than 50% below its 2025 all time high while investors increasingly question the network’s tokenomics, revenue model, and long term competitiveness. Buterin’s response reinforces Ethereum’s philosophy first approach, even as parts of the crypto market demand more aggressive growth and market focused strategies from major blockchain ecosystems.

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vitalik essentially reminding everyone ethereum was supposed to be public infrastructure not a corporate revenue maximization machine