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By Sydney TheCMO
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Why Critics Think It's Too Little. Not everyone's convinced the lean approach is smart.
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Decentralization as a Design Choice. The foundation's low holding is basically a governance tool.
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What the Community Makes of It. The reaction inside the Ethereum community is split, honestly.
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Vitalik Buterin wants to make something clear. The Ethereum Foundation holds less than 1% of the total ETH supply — and he thinks that's exactly right.
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Buterin pushed back on critics who've questioned the foundation's token management approach, pointing to transparency and neutrality as the core reasons behind it.
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Not everyone's convinced the lean approach is smart. Some voices in the crypto community have argued that holding such a small slice of the supply leaves the foundation…
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But Buterin's position hasn't shifted. He sees the minimal holdings as the price of staying neutral.
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The debate isn't really new. It's been simmering for years.
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The foundation's low holding is basically a governance tool. By not controlling a significant chunk of ETH, the foundation can't dominate on-chain decisions the way a large token…
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More context: William Mougayar Defends Ethereum Foundations 4 Core Missions Against Price Critics
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Other networks have taken the opposite approach, keeping large foundation treasuries explicitly to fund growth and defend the ecosystem.
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Buterin's been consistent on this for a long time. The foundation's role, as he frames it, is to support and step back — not to lead from the front with a controlling stake.
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No changes to the current strategy have been announced.
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The reaction inside the Ethereum community is split, honestly. Some people see the sub-1% holding as a point of pride — proof that the foundation means what it says about…
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