Is the Ethereum Foundation Too Out of Touch to Save ETH?
27 May 2026 · 1:09:21
Unchained host Laura Shin brings on Zak Cole, president of the Ethereum Community Foundation, and Greg Markou, co-founder and CEO of Sprinter and co-founder of ChainSafe, to examine a wave of senior departures from the Ethereum Foundation. They debate whether the exits reflect a maturing organization or a retreat from its founding mission, unpack the CROPS mandate and a rumored loyalty pledge, and weigh Vitalik Buterin's recent post arguing that ETH the asset matters. The conversation closes on whether Ethereum's broken cryptoeconomics can be fixed before it cedes more ground to Solana, Tron, and Hyperliquid.