An update from Tomasz

Ethereum's leadership is shifting, but the message is continuity, momentum, and a widening strategic horizon. Tomasz Stanczak announces he will step down as co-Executive Director at the end of February 2026, handing the role to Bastian Aue alongside Hsiao-Wei.

Key Ideas

Ethereum's trajectory is accelerating toward institutional finance + agentic AI. Ethereum is becoming the default infrastructure for verification, financial transactions and coordination across emerging technologies.
The Ethereum Foundation is more aligned, faster and strategically clearer than ever, which makes a perfect moment to pass the baton to the right people.

Why It matters?

Tomasz intends to return to hands-on building and will focus on agentic core development and governance. He sees 2026 as a rare inflection point: Ethereum is institutionally trusted, technologically ambitious and culturally energized. His message is that the EF is stable, the roadmap is clear and the next breakthroughs will come from builders experimenting at the frontier - exactly where he wants to be.