Ethereum (ETH)

I still have that ONE stubborn Ethereum validator with 0 block proposals after years of running.

I know it's irrational but I can't help but wonder if there's something wrong with it in particular although he was deployed in a batch.

I will consolidate this poor clanker.

Ethereum Foundation 👇

• Last month: cuts 20% of staff, 40% of budget.
• This week: its biggest rebuild since the Merge.

Same foundation. Same summer.

> Jun 23: Vitalik confirms the 40% budget cut, endowment pivot.
> 8+ senior contributors gone in 2026. 5 in May alone.
> Jul 4: "Lean Ethereum" strawmap drops. 3-4 years. Nearly every layer.
> Quantum safety "shifted up a LOT in priority." Blobs now urgent.

The roadmap isn't the story.
The headcount is.

A rebuild this size needs:

- Recursive STARKs replacing transaction re-execution entirely
- Every quantum-vulnerable signature in the protocol swapped out
- A new state architecture: 2 TB dynamic + 100 TB scalable by 2030
- Possibly retiring the EVM as the primary execution layer

Delivered by a foundation actively shrinking itself.

The skeptics aren't anons either.

> Dankrad Feist: right plan, too slow. AI could ship it in a year.
> Ignas Fiodorovas: good goals, but the EF has a history of missed deadlines.
> His bigger flag: zero mention of ETH tokenomics. $ETH sits near $1,770.

→ 3-4 years promised.
→ 40% less budget.
→ 20% fewer people.

The Merge proved Ethereum can rebuild itself.
Lean Ethereum tests whether it still can. Leaner.

A sell wall by $ETH whales has formed at $1,800 and $2,500, created by Coinbase whales.

U.S. whales are blocking the rise of $ETH. https://t.co/Pm6eM3Lo7L