Ethereum Foundation Expands Board With Security Researcher pc
The appointment is part of a broader governance review at the Ethereum Foundation, which is redefining its role around security, privacy, and open source.
Key Takeaways
- The Ethereum Foundation has added security researcher pcaversaccio, known as pc, to its board for a voluntary one-year term.
- With the new appointment, the board now has four members and oversees strategy, values, and compliance with Swiss law.
- The move is part of broader changes at the Foundation as it shifts toward long-term stewardship of Ethereum.
The Ethereum Foundation has added security researcher pcaversaccio, better known as pc, to its board. The appointment comes as the organization behind Ethereum continues a wider round of governance and structural changes, with its long-term role still being redefined.
Board Gets a Fourth Member
pc is joining on an initial voluntary one-year term. He has been involved in the Ethereum ecosystem for some time as a security researcher and as co-founder of SEAL 911, an emergency response project focused on incident response. He also previously sat on the Ethereum Foundation's Silviculture Society, an advisory group that informally watches over core principles such as censorship resistance, open source development, privacy, and security.
With his addition, the board now has four members: president Aya Miyaguchi, Ethereum founder Vitalik Buterin, Swiss legal adviser Patrick Storchenegger, and pcaversaccio. The Foundation says the board is responsible for setting strategy and making sure management decisions stay aligned with the organization's values.
Governance and Oversight
The Foundation also frames the board as a kind of security council, tasked with protecting the organization's mission and overseeing compliance with Swiss law, where the foundation is based. That underscores how central governance and legal structure have become for an organization that sits at the heart of the Ethereum ecosystem.
For European crypto readers, the change matters because Ethereum is more than just a blockchain. It also has a layered institutional structure around it, and the Foundation's governance offers a clearer view into how priorities are set around security, open source, and privacy, all of which shape the network's development.
The Foundation's Changing Role
The appointment lands during a period of ongoing change at the Ethereum Foundation. Over the past few months, several well-known researchers and executives have left, while others have started new Ethereum-focused projects outside the Foundation. As a result, the organization is moving more toward long-term stewardship rather than acting as the ecosystem's main development center.
That shift fits into a broader restructuring effort, with the Foundation drawing a clearer boundary around what it does and does not do. In that context, the recent largest restructuring ever is also worth watching for anyone tracking the balance of power around Ethereum.
The Foundation said on X that it is excited to welcome pcaversaccio and looks forward to working with him on Ethereum's long-term future.
