💎 Vitalik Buterin's vision for the Ethereum Foundation
The EF is no longer positioning itself as Ethereum's "center" but as one specialized node among many — smaller, more focused, longer-lasting, and deliberately "unreasonable" in prioritizing core values over chasing mainstream trends.
EF will concentrate resources on what makes Ethereum deeply impressive in these dimensions — not raw speed/TPS (which Vitalik sees as a path to mediocrity).
🔜 Concrete priorities:
• Provably bug-free Ethereum via AI-assisted formal verification.
• Unique consensus properties: safe under asynchrony (BFT-style) and secure against up to 49% attacks (Bitcoin-style).
• Intermediary minimization (e.g., better inclusion for smart contract wallets and privacy tools like Railgun via FOCIL, EIP-8141, etc.).
🔜 Other highlights:
• EF will sell less ETH to extend its runway and longevity.
• Vitalik's own influence continues to decrease (by design); the board is expanding.
• EF will be more opinionated culturally and make hard choices, even if it means some talent/projects move outside.
The Ethereum Foundation's goal is to make Ethereum a 'sanctuary technology' in an AI-driven world of acceleration, surveillance, and corporate/government control.
📣 Axios: Trump and Iran close to signing temporary 60-day understanding
Both sides would sign a memorandum of understanding (MOU) that would last 60 days and could be extended by mutual consent.
🔜 What's in the deal:
• During the 60-day period, the Strait of Hormuz would be open with no tolls and Iran would agree to clear the mines it deployed in the strait to let ships pass freely.
• In exchange, the US would lift its blockade on Iranian ports and issue some sanctions waivers to allow Iran to sell oil freely.
• The US official acknowledged that would be a boon to Iran's economy, but said it would also give significant relief to the global oil market.
❕ Iranian media Tasnim News reports that the possible Iran-US MOU includes a US waiver of oil sanctions on Iran during the negotiation period
This would be a temporary suspension (via OFAC*) while talks continue, differing from previous US proposals. Iran is still pushing for full sanctions lifting in any final deal.
* — Office of Foreign Assets Control is the office within the US Department of the Treasury that administers and enforces most US economic sanctions.
⚡️ The US and Iran are expected to announce a draft peace deal within 24 hours
📣 Donald Trump: "An Agreement has been largely negotiated, subject to finalization between the United States of America, the Islamic Republic of Iran, and the various other Countries, as listed".