Bankless Ethereum’s Next Decade | Tomasz K. Stańczak, Ansgar Dietrichs, Dankrad Feist, & Danny Ryan
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Dec 4, 2025 
Tomasz K. Stańczak, leader at the Ethereum Foundation, discusses future priorities for ecosystem growth and developer support. Ansgar Dietrichs, an Ethereum protocol engineer, shares urgent L1 scaling plans and the shift from exploration to immediate execution. Danny Ryan, an esteemed core developer, recounts his journey through building proof of stake, experiencing burnout, and the impact of regulatory pressures. Together, they highlight Ethereum's trajectory toward real-world adoption and its potential to reshape global finance.
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Set Short, Focused Priorities
- Prioritize 12-month, focused goals and align teams to them.
- Start with a few concrete wins (client optimizations, gas increases) to prove progress quickly.
3x Per Year Scaling Target
- Scaling targets converge to a practical 3x per year growth path.
- 10x, 100x and 1000x scenarios map to consistent annual multipliers across different time horizons.
Balance Long-Term Research With Engineering
- Continue long-term ZKVM research while ramping engineering for earlier deliverables.
- Push progressive engineering to capture benefits incrementally instead of waiting for perfect specs.