以太坊联合创始人 Vitalik Buterin 公布以太坊基金会新的领导结构

强调技术专业知识以及与以太坊生态系统建设者的更紧密联系。

In a bid to quell mounting criticism, Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has announced sweeping changes to the leadership structure of the Ethereum Foundation, emphasizing technical expertise and a closer connection with builders in the Ethereum ecosystem.

为了平息越来越多的批评，以太坊联合创始人 Vitalik Buterin 宣布对以太坊基金会的领导结构进行彻底改变，强调技术专长以及与以太坊生态系统建设者的更紧密联系。

Buterin's announcement, posted on X (formerly Twitter) on January 18, outlines several key goals aimed at improving Ethereum’s development and communication, underscoring the Foundation's commitment to decentralization, censorship resistance, and privacy.

Buterin 的声明于 1 月 18 日发布在 X（以前的 Twitter）上，概述了旨在改善以太坊开发和通信的几个关键目标，强调了基金会对去中心化、抵制审查和隐私的承诺。

The announcement comes amid a challenging year for the Ethereum Foundation, with several controversies and internal conflicts sparking unease within the Ethereum community.

这一消息发布之际，以太坊基金会面临着充满挑战的一年，一些争议和内部冲突引发了以太坊社区的不安。

One major point of contention arose in May 2024, when two Ethereum Foundation researchers, Justin Drake and Dankrad Feist, accepted paid advisory roles at the EigenLayer Foundation, which oversees the development of Ethereum's restaking protocol. This conflict of interest drew criticism, leading the Ethereum Foundation to institute a new conflict-of-interest policy to ensure greater transparency and avoid similar situations in the future.

2024 年 5 月出现了一个主要争论点，当时以太坊基金会的两名研究人员 Justin Drake 和 Dankrad Feist 接受了 EigenLayer 基金会的付费顾问职位，该基金会负责监督以太坊重新抵押协议的开发。这种利益冲突引起了批评，导致以太坊基金会制定了新的利益冲突政策，以确保更大的透明度并避免未来出现类似情况。

Of the two researchers, Drake eventually stepped down from his advisory position at EigenLayer in November 2024 and went on to publicly apologize to the Ethereum community for his actions, which were seen as an attempt to restore trust within the Ethereum ecosystem.

在这两名研究人员中，Drake 最终于 2024 年 11 月辞去了在 EigenLayer 的顾问职位，并继续为其行为公开向以太坊社区道歉，这些行为被视为试图恢复以太坊生态系统内的信任。

However, the controversy continued to fuel concerns about the Foundation's leadership.

然而，争议继续加剧了人们对基金会领导层的担忧。

Another key development in 2024 was the Dencun upgrade, which drastically reduced transaction fees for Ethereum's layer-2 networks by up to 99% when it was released in March.

2024 年的另一个关键进展是 Dencun 升级，该升级在 3 月份发布时将以太坊第 2 层网络的交易费用大幅降低了 99%。

While this reduction led to a massive surge in the number of layer-2 rollups, it also sparked concerns among market participants that the increased activity on layer-2 solutions was siphoning revenue away from Ethereum's base layer.

虽然这种减少导致第 2 层汇总数量大幅增加，但也引发了市场参与者的担忧，即第 2 层解决方案活动的增加正在从以太坊基础层吸走收入。

Data from Token Terminal showed that Ethereum's base layer network revenues plummeted by 99% during the summer of 2024, although it saw a strong recovery by the end of the year.

Token Terminal 的数据显示，以太坊基础层网络收入在 2024 年夏季暴跌 99%，尽管到年底强劲复苏。

Despite the short-term revenue loss, the Ethereum ecosystem as a whole saw significant growth as layer-2 networks exploded in number and usage, signaling a shift toward more scalable solutions.

尽管存在短期收入损失，但随着第 2 层网络数量和使用量的爆炸式增长，整个以太坊生态系统出现了显着增长，这标志着向更具可扩展性的解决方案的转变。