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Mihai Alisie @MihaiAlisie

As an Ethereum co-founder people sometimes ask me what has changed since 2014. The answer is almost everything. The tech, the scale and the stakes. But back in 2014, all our soul-searching boiled down to a single question: for profit or not? We chose non-profit to keep the Ethereum protocol and vision as pure as possible. Twelve years later, we're witnessing that same bold choice being made again. This time by @ethlabs_org, a non-profit lab built by researchers who helped shape Ethereum, with the independence to do what's right for its long-term future. Twelve long years and the non-profit spirit we chose back then still beats at Ethereum's heart. But one thing hasn't changed: Ethereum was never meant to belong to one person, one company, or one foundation. It was always meant to be a living and growing network of nodes, ideas, people and organizations. That's why I'm both happy and proud to join @ethlabs_org as an Anchor funder. I'm grateful to stand alongside my fellow Ethereum co-founder @ethereumJoseph and @BitMNR, @Sharplink, @snzholding, @krakenfx, @Anchorage, @Payward, @OctantApp, @gattacahq, @Lomashuk and so many other amazing supporters helping Ethereum’s innovation layer become just as distributed as its infrastructure. In 2014, we chose the non-profit path to keep Ethereum's vision incorruptible. In 2026, the ecosystem is choosing the distributed path to keep its innovation unstoppable. Both choices come from the same belief: Ethereum belongs to everyone, and no single entity should carry it alone. The multi-node future isn't coming. It's here. What a joy! ❤️

Ethlabs @ethlabs_org

Today, more people are backing Ethlabs. Ethereum co-founder @MihaiAlisie joins as an anchor funder, @payward and @gattacahq join as contributors, and 19 new supporters from the Ethereum community are now backing our mission. Thousands of people across the world have spent years building Ethereum and holding $ETH, we aim to honor their commitment by becoming an open, accessible, and user-focused organization that supports the development of both this unstoppable network and its immutable asset. We care deeply about what makes Ethereum special: its credible neutrality, security, censorship resistance and openness. We also believe that Ethereum's potential is only realized when people use it at scale and when it remains the natural place to innovate, issue assets, hold + settle value, and be the home to a digital future its users can own. A big thank you to our initial anchor funders @BitMNR, @Sharplink, and @ethereumJoseph; to everyone joining us today, to the countless people and organizations that make Ethereum possible, and to all who have supported our work so far. There is an enormous amount left to do, and we are fortunate to have so many people who believe that it is worth doing. Now back to work. Funders: Weekly updates:

Ethlabs @ethlabs_org

Today, more people are backing Ethlabs. Ethereum co-founder @MihaiAlisie joins as an anchor funder, @payward and @gattacahq join as contributors, and 19 new supporters from the Ethereum community are now backing our mission. Thousands of people across the world have spent years building Ethereum and holding $ETH, we aim to honor their commitment by becoming an open, accessible, and user-focused organization that supports the development of both this unstoppable network and its immutable asset. We care deeply about what makes Ethereum special: its credible neutrality, security, censorship resistance and openness. We also believe that Ethereum's potential is only realized when people use it at scale and when it remains the natural place to innovate, issue assets, hold + settle value, and be the home to a digital future its users can own. A big thank you to our initial anchor funders @BitMNR, @Sharplink, and @ethereumJoseph; to everyone joining us today, to the countless people and organizations that make Ethereum possible, and to all who have supported our work so far. There is an enormous amount left to do, and we are fortunate to have so many people who believe that it is worth doing. Now back to work. Funders: Weekly updates:

Offline Protocol @OfflineProtocol

Multiplayer games in your browser, without servers or sign ups! Only possible with Offline Protocol 🎮

Shutter 🛡️⚔️ @ShutterNetwork

Shutter DAO 0x36 Impact Pilot Pitch Day! 🎤

Shutter 🛡️⚔️ @ShutterNetwork

Tune in for Shutter DAO 0x36 Impact Pilot Pitch Day! 🎤 16 proposals have been shortlisted to make an impact across the Shutter ecosystem Hear applicants pitch their ideas before you vote on which projects get funding! 📅 Wed, Oct 28 | 11 AM EDT / 15:00 UTC 🔴 Live here on X!

Wesley— oss/acc @wslyvh

Thank you @OctantApp and everyone who contributed to this round. It has been a pleasure and honor to be in this round with all these projects and the support has been absolutely amazing 🙏 It's time to build again 🚀

Octant @OctantApp

What an epoch! Thank you for contributing to advancing privacy on Ethereum and the open internet. Your allocations have helped allocate 100 ETH in matching funds from @GolemFoundation. A big congrats to all the teams in the cohort. Thank you for all your work. Here's to a future where privacy is the default and not the exception.

Funding the Commons @FundingCommons

We won’t always agree. We won’t always get it right. But we can keep deciding together what matters, and act on it. A thought from @mdennedy_ for builders.

hisoka ꩜ @hisoka_io

We received 15 ETH in community funding from @OctantApp Epoch 13, matched from the @GolemFoundation pool. Thank you to everyone who backed privacy, and congrats to the 12 teams we shared the round with.