Today, the Foundation’s Board released the EF Mandate.
This document, which was first intended for EF members, reaffirms the promise of Ethereum, and the role of EF within this ecosystem.
1/ The Mandate clearly states what must be protected: EF will, above all else, remain focused on an Ethereum that is censorship resistant, open source, private, and secure (CROPS), in the service of user self-sovereignty, resistant to extraction and with seamless UX.
These are conditions that make Ethereum worth building, using, and defending.
Read the full blog here: blog.ethereum.org/2026/03/13/…
3/ EF focuses on critical tasks that have no other natural home and that no other ecosystem actor can or will reliably undertake.
4/ Many of the systems people rely on are becoming less accountable to the people who use them. Now, Ethereum’s original promise matters more than ever before.
We were Ethereum’s first steward. Now we are one of many. And when we are gone, we hope the principles here will continue on without us.
5/ This comprehensive document serves as part constitution, part manifesto, and part guide for members of the Ethereum Foundation.
View the Mandate onchain: etherscan.io/tx/0x5dd574df963…
6/ See the full mandate on the EF website here: ethereum.foundation/ef-mandat…
Anyone is free to use the Mandate, but a very special thanks to Tomo and Shiro (@shiro57102) for our artistic interpretation of our words.
