EF leadership change with Tomasz Stańczak stepping down as Co-Executive Director
Bastian Aue appointed interim Co-Executive Director
Fluidkey private payments
Aztec Ignition Chain reaches 90k blocks
ZK proofs come to optimistic L2s
The EF Board announced that Tomasz Stańczak is stepping down as Co-Executive Director and appointed Bastian Aue as interim Co-Executive Director alongside Hsiao-Wei. Tomasz wrote that he leaves at the end of February. The ethereum account featured the private payments app Fluidkey. Protocol spec work was quiet.
(EF Board): Tomasz Stańczak decided to step down as Co-Executive Director and the Board appointed Bastian Aue as interim Co-Executive Director, effective immediately; EF blog: An update from Tomasz: he steps down at the end of February 2026, with Bastian Aue serving as Co-ED alongside Hsiao-Wei.
EF blog: Executive Leadership Update (EF Board): Tomasz Stańczak decided to step down as Co-Executive Director and the Board appointed Bastian Aue as interim Co-Executive Director, effective immediately; EF blog: An update from Tomasz: he steps down at the end of February 2026, with Bastian Aue serving as Co-ED alongside Hsiao-Wei.
Ethereum: Fluidkey is a privacy app on Ethereum that lets users receive and manage funds onchain without publicly linking them to their identity, 05:28; aztecnetwork: the Aztec Ignition Chain reached 90k blocks with 36.6M AZTEC rewards across 3.5k sequencers, 23:21.
Ethbeat_org: ZK proofs coming to optimistic L2s is a big shift, 01:09; EliBenSasson: imagining blockchains in 10 years must account for quantum readiness, 21:47.