Ethereum Refocuses: UX and Layer-1 Take Center Stage

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Ethereum Refocuses: User Experience and Layer-1 Take Center Stage

Written by Aaron S.,

Editor-In-Chief

Last Updated: April 21, 2025

Key Takeaways

Ethereum Foundation will prioritize improving user experience and core Layer-1 scalability;
Vitalik Buterin steps back from operations to focus on long-term research and ideas;
New upgrades—Pectra, Fusaka, Glamsterdam—aim to improve app interactions and usability.

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Ethereum Refocuses: User Experience and Layer-1 Take Center Stage

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Tomasz Stańczak, one of the Ethereum Foundation’s co-executive directors, shared on April 21 that the group will focus more energy on solving user experience issues and improving the core Ethereum ETH $3,153.51 network.

One key reason is to give Ethereum’s co-founder, Vitalik Buterin, more space to focus on research. According to Stańczak, removing daily management tasks from Buterin’s plate allows him to spend more time thinking through long-term ideas and sharing his vision with the community.

Recently, Buterin suggested a change to Ethereum’s Virtual Machine (EVM), which is responsible for running smart contracts. His idea would adjust the language used to write these contracts, which would potentially make the system run faster and more efficiently.

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However, Stańczak noted that even though ideas from Buterin are important, they are meant to start discussions, not to act as final decisions. The community is encouraged to respond, suggest improvements, or disagree entirely.

The foundation’s research team will focus on addressing issues that affect the ease of use of Ethereum and making the base network, known as Layer-1, more scalable. Stańczak mentioned that support for Layer-2 solutions will also continue, but the main efforts will target core performance and user experience.

He also named three specific upgrade plans, Pectra, Fusaka, and Glamsterdam, which aim to bring improvements like better app-to-app interaction and smoother user flow. While these upgrades are a top priority, Stańczak added that the foundation does not abandon long-term projects.

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