The Ethereum Foundation (EF) has laid off 54 employees, roughly 20% of its workforce, as part of a major organizational restructuring. According to a blog post published Tuesday, the EF will reorganize around five specialized clusters covering protocol, access, user, community and institutional work. The Foundation said the changes are intended to concentrate resources on Ethereum's long-term technical priorities, including scaling, privacy, security and censorship resistance. Under the new structure, separate teams will oversee Ethereum's core protocol, user access tools, community engagement and work with ... (full story)