EF Director Hsiao Wei Wang Outlines Ethereum’s Vision At Devconnect Argentina

Ethereum Foundation EF leader Hsiao Wei Wang delivered a landmark address at Devconnect Argentina, reflecting on Ethereum’s 10 year journey and outlining the guiding values of the next decade reliability, flexibility, and stewardship. She described Ethereum as a ladder built by the global community where every new contribution becomes a step for someone else to climb.

• Ethereum as a Ladder A Collective Climb
• Reliability & 10 Years of Ethereum
• Flexibility Stewardship & EF’s Quiet Role

Ethereum as a Ladder A Collective Climb

Wang opened with the idea that Ethereum is a ladder shaped by the collective effort of its builders. She emphasized that Ethereum has never been a hierarchy but a structure that grows whenever someone adds a new idea or step to help others climb.

She highlighted the organic evolution of the ecosystem where newcomers arrive through curiosity, learn from the community, join hacker zones, write research, inspire builders, and ultimately create applications that become new steps in this ongoing climb.

“Ethereum is a ladder that becomes taller every time someone adds a new step.”

Reliability & 10 Years of Ethereum

Wang celebrated Ethereum’s 10 year milestone and underscored the reliability that has enabled its global adoption. She noted that every major upgrade has maintained full network liveness a rare achievement in decentralized technology.

This reliability is the result of coordinated work by multiple independent client teams researchers and contributors who focus on the subtle details that ensure network stability.

Flexibility Stewardship & EF’s Quiet Role

Wang emphasized that the Ethereum Foundation does not control Ethereum it supports the environment in which direction emerges. Flexibility in the ecosystem comes from its willingness to listen to user feedback and adjust based on the realities experienced by the community.

She clarified that stewardship means responsibility not authority. The EF invests early in research experimentation and client diversity because these foundations enable future builders to create stronger applications safely.

She also noted that decentralization requires continuous protection and cannot be assumed.

“We cannot pretend that decentralization maintains itself.”

Wang concluded by reaffirming the EF’s commitment to doing the steady and often unseen work required to keep Ethereum strong. The ultimate goal she said is not for the EF to climb first but to ensure that the next generation of builders can climb even higher.

Ethereum she noted is a ladder that the global community builds together step by step enabling innovations that were once thought impossible.

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