Detailed Explanation of the Future Development Strategy of the Ethereum Foundation's New Leadership

Recently, Tomas Stanczak, the newly appointed co-executive director of the Ethereum Foundation, and Shay Wong gave an exclusive interview to a media outlet, outlining their thoughts and plans for the future development of Ethereum.

The two new leaders first introduced their respective backgrounds. Shay Wong has a background in computer science and joined the foundation in 2017, mainly responsible for research on the consensus layer. Tomasz Stanczak founded the core development infrastructure company Nethermind in 2017 and has extensive experience in areas such as MEV.

When it comes to the responsibilities of the executive director, Wong emphasized the need to consider issues from a long-term perspective and become a manager of the ecosystem. Stanczak, on the other hand, stated that there is a need to improve the internal structure of the foundation and accelerate the decision-making process.

Regarding the future vision, Stanczak hopes that Ethereum will become a neutral layer for the global economy and transactions, spreading core values such as privacy and security. Wong emphasizes the need to balance principles and growth, creating the most decentralized and open blockchain.

In response to community feedback, the two acknowledged that the foundation has shortcomings in execution speed, communication, and other areas, stating that they will improve by optimizing processes and enhancing communication with developers. They also suggested adopting a "product-centric" mindset, paying more attention to user needs.

In terms of measuring success metrics, Stanczak proposed initial goals: to expand threefold this year, tenfold next year, and a hundredfold within four years. This will serve as an important guideline for research and development.

Regarding the responsibilities of the foundation, the two indicated that they would focus on the most core work, while other aspects would be supported more through funding and other means for ecosystem development. The foundation will not directly build applications or infrastructure but will play the role of a connector and helper.

Finally, they revealed their future upgrade plans: to accelerate the hard fork pace to once every six months, followed by three upgrades: Pectra, Fusaka, and Amsterdam. The focus includes account abstraction, user experience improvements, and L1 scalability. At the same time, the development process will be adjusted to allow application developers to get involved earlier.