1/ The Ethereum Foundation has begun staking a portion of its treasury, in line with its Treasury Policy announced last year.
Today, the EF made a 2016 ETH deposit. Approximately 70,000 ETH will be staked with rewards directed back to the EF treasury.
2/ The effort is being conducted with open source software options Dirk and Vouch by @AttestantIO.
Dirk acts as a distributed signer, enabling operation by individuals in multiple jurisdictions, & ensuring that no single point of failure can interrupt validation.
Vouch supports the use of multiple client pairings with strategies used to mitigate client diversity risks.
3/ The Ethereum Foundation's setup employs minority clients and a mix of hosted infrastructure and self-managed hardware in several jurisdictions.
4/ We are excited to take this important step, which helps secure the Ethereum network and at the same time fund the EF’s core operations & activities, including protocol R&D, ecosystem development, community grant funding and more.
5/ You can view the EF's public treasury policy here. blog.ethereum.org/2025/06/04/…
See more information here: blog.ethereum.org/2026/02/24/…
6/ Find the first deposit here:
beaconcha.in/validator/aa4572…