--- title: Ethereum’s Own Architect Just Admitted the Whole... description: Ethereum researcher Dankrad Feist, the architect behind Dank Sharding, publicly argued that Ethereum's neutrality-first strategy has failed and proposed a $1... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/ethereum-s-own-architect-just-admitted-the-whole-strategy-failed-v9mkqzg5a twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Ethereum’s Own Architect Just Admitted the Whole Strategy Failed | daily.dev og:description: Ethereum researcher Dankrad Feist, the architect behind Dank Sharding, publicly argued that Ethereum's neutrality-first strategy has failed and proposed a $1... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/ethereum-s-own-architect-just-admitted-the-whole-strategy-failed-v9mkqzg5a og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/v9mkQzg5a.png og:image:alt: Ethereum’s Own Architect Just Admitted the Whole Strategy Failed og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Ethereum’s Own Architect Just Admitted the Whole Strategy Failed **[Coins Bench](https://daily.dev/sources/coinsbench)** · 8 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Ethereum researcher Dankrad Feist, the architect behind Dank Sharding, publicly argued that Ethereum's neutrality-first strategy has failed and proposed a $1 billion ETH-denominated fund to fight for the network's competitive position. The post analyzes the context: ETH is down 44% over two years while BTC is up, the Dencun upgrade collapsed ETH burn by cutting L2 fees 90%, Coinbase's Base kept $94M in profit while paying Ethereum only $4.9M, and at least eight senior departures have hit the Ethereum Foundation. Feist's proposal calls for a perpetually funded advocacy organization economically aligned with ETH's price. The piece frames this as a civil war between those who want Ethereum to 'fight' commercially and those who defend its neutral protocol-steward identity, with Vitalik notably silent. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Ethereum’s Rollup Strategy Is Dead. 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