Ethereum Faces Core Development Funding Crisis Within 3–9 Months, Former Contributor Warns

Former Ethereum Foundation contributor Trenton Van Epps has raised concerns that Ethereum may experience a gradual funding gap for its core development work within the next 3 to 9 months. He attributed this risk to lower spending from the Ethereum Foundation and the upcoming expiration of the Client Incentive Program (CIP).

He also estimated that maintaining Ethereum’s core development infrastructure costs roughly $30 million annually. In light of these funding pressures, he suggested that new financial structures and supporting institutions may be required, noting that the Ethereum Foundation was not created to act as a permanent long-term steward of the network’s development.

Source: Trenton Van Epps