A New Chapter for Ethereum | EFs Co-EDs Tomasz & Hsiao-Wei
A New Chapter for Ethereum | EFs Co-EDs Tomasz & Hsiao-Wei  
Podcast: Bankless
Published On: Mon May 05 2025
Description: Ethereum Foundation's new Co-Executive Directors, Tomasz Stanczak and Hsiao-Wei Wang, join Bankless to outline their vision for the future of Ethereum. We explore their backgrounds, the changing leadership at EF, and the roadmap ahead—from accelerating L1 scaling and improving UX to making Ethereum more dynamic and product-focused. This episode offers a rare behind-the-scenes look at how Ethereum plans to stay resilient, decentralized, and mission-aligned in a fast-changing world. ------ 📣SPOTIFY PREMIUM RSS FEED | USE CODE: SPOTIFY24 https://bankless.cc/spotify-premium ------ BANKLESS SPONSOR TOOLS: 🪙FRAX | SELF SUFFICIENT DeFi https://bankless.cc/Frax 🦄UNISWAP | SWAP ON UNICHAIN https://bankless.cc/unichain 🛞MANTLE | MODULAR LAYER 2 NETWORK https://bankless.cc/Mantle 🌐SELF | PROVE YOUR SELF https://bankless.cc/Self 🟠HEMI | BTC & ETH, ONE NETWORK https://bankless.cc/hemi ------ TIMESTAMPS 0:00 Intro 8:19 Career Journey 16:22 What Value Are They Providing 23:39 Continuing the Ethereum Legacy 31:11 Ethereum Foundation: Strengths, Gaps & Calls for Leadership 43:41 The Pectra Disaster 1:00:51 Scaling and Improving the Layer 2 1:06:55 The Concept of "Product Centric Ethereum" 1:11:49 Metrics, Accountability & Operational Leadership at Ethereum 1:14:41 What the Ethereum Foundation Isn't Responsible For 1:18:35 Clearing Up EF Misconceptions 1:26:25 Inside Ethereum’s Upgrade Cycle 1:31:17 Closing and Disclosure ------ RESOURCES Hsiao-Wei Wang https://x.com/hwwonx Tomasz K. Stańczak https://x.com/tkstanczak Ethereum Foundation https://ethereum.foundation/ ------Not financial or tax advice. See our investment disclosures here:https://www.bankless.com/disclosures⁠