The Ethereum Foundation Welcomes Its Newest Board Member
The Ethereum Foundation adds privacy and security advocate pcaversaccio to its board.
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Ethereum Foundation announced that security researcher and longtime ecosystem contributor pcaversaccio (pc) is joining its board, a new addition to the EF's top leadership after a year mostly defined by departures and spin-outs.
Very excited to welcome @pcaversaccio to join us at the EF board! What he brings isn't just security and privacy expertise. He's a living example of what 100% CROPS alignment looks like in practice. Looking forward to the perspective he'll bring, and to being pushed to think much… https://t.co/zRCmYYuBSq
— Aya Miyaguchi (@AyaMiyagotchi) July 29, 2026
What's the Scoop?
- New board seat: pc becomes EF's fourth board member, joining President Aya Miyaguchi, Founder Vitalik Buterin, and Swiss counsel Patrick Storchenegger for an initial one-year, voluntary term.
- Security pedigree: He co-founded and leads SEAL 911, the ecosystem's rapid-response network for hacks and exploits, and has informally advised EF through its Silviculture Society.
- Written record: pc authored The Ethereum Cypherpunk Manifesto (2024) and Ethereum Privacy: The Road to Self-Sovereignty (2025), both widely circulated essays on Ethereum's foundational values.
- The timing: The appointment lands just two weeks after Francesco D'Amato left EF Research for Ethlabs, and roughly two weeks after EF's own privacy specialists spun out as EthSystems, part of a stretch that's also included Hsiao-Wei Wang's exit after nearly a decade and a 20% staff reduction tied to EF's leaner, endowment-style restructuring.
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