# Ethereum Foundation restructure and crypto politicization

Source: https://xcancel.com/epicenterbtc/status/1936152487704056089
Kiwi News: https://news.kiwistand.com/stories/Ethereum-Foundation-restructure-and-crypto-politicization?index=0x685d5b3e51f8e453298011446c51c2557ed6c257aa565f0c41e8b0e2f639c778c785c097
Submitted by misha on 2025-06-26 UTC, 6 upvotes, 2 comments

## Summary

An Epicenter podcast episode recorded at DappCon Berlin 25 asks whether Ethereum's culture remains relevant to the wider crypto community amid the Ethereum Foundation's restructure. Host @tw_tter speaks with guests Jerome (@jdetychey), Nixorokish, and Josh (@TBSocialist) about the restructuring, the impact of crypto politicization, and how the ecosystem has evolved amid changing societal values. Other topics include DAOs, whether privacy is still a societal value, user experience and account abstraction, and future hopes for Ethereum.

## Article

🚀 NEW EPISODE 🚀

The ticker is $ETH

As the summer tour of European crypto conferences landed in Berlin, one of crypto’s cradles, we couldn’t miss @dappcon_berlin 25, where @tw_tter chatted with @jdetychey, @nixorokish & @TBSocialist about @ethereum's restructure and whether its culture is still relevant to the wider crypto community.

Join us for a fascinating discussion on the impact of crypto politicization and how Ethereum’s ecosystem evolved amidst a society with ever-changing values.

Don't forget to RT & follow @epicenterbtc!

Topics discussed in this episode:
0:00 - Introduction
3:07 - Jerome, Nixorokish & Josh backgrounds
19:48 - Ethereum Foundation restructuring
33:18 - Ethereum’s culture & crypto politicization
44:26 - DAOs & the evolution of Ethereum’s ecosystem
53:54 - Is privacy still a societal value?
57:16 - User experience & account abstraction
1:05:25 - Future hopes for Ethereum

## Comments

**tim**: YT link to same pod https://youtu.be/5mx_qoYZN4Q?si=Obj3f0Uizbcd9Bf8

**tim**: Nixo (EF):
around 30min mark

I think the the the mob mentality that happened on Twitter last fall was was horrible Like I I it was not productive It was actually counterproductive to decisions that were being made at the time Um and I think that the way that especially like trusted people in the ecosystem people who have very large very loud voices very trusted voices on on crypto Twitter were being really irresponsible with the way that they were handling this situation And it made a lot of people jump in and it enabled a lot of gross behavior

idk to be completely honest my reaction to hearing this is "wow the ivory tower at the EF is still in tact." Now whether that's something I should have as a reaction or not is debatable.