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Trent Van Epps discusses the critical funding gap facing Ethereum and the implications for its future.

Does Ethereum have a funding crisis? On today's Markets Outlook, Protocol Guild Organizer Trent Van Epps tells CoinDesk's Jennifer Sanasie why the Ethereum Foundation's subtraction philosophy is creating a critical funding gap for core developers, what it will take to fill it, and why he's still optimistic about ETH's future. - Timecodes: 00:00 - Trent Van Epps Joins Markets Outlook 00:57 - Why Trent Left the Ethereum Foundation 01:55 - What Is Subtraction and Why It Matters 02:31 - 20% Workforce Cuts and the Funding Gap Explained 05:09 - Options for Solving the Funding Crisis 07:06 - Will Ethereum Lose Its First Mover Advantage? 08:40 - What Happens If the Funding Doesn't Come? 10:47 - What Institutions Should Replace the EF? 12:24 - Ethereum’s Future 14:37 - ETH the Asset: The Misconceptions and the Opportunity - Check out CoinDesk's latest episode of Public Keys from the NYSE: https://youtu.be/mePmjknvBVc - To get market moving news delivered daily, download CoinDesk’s mobile app: https://linktr.ee/coindeskapp. - This episode was hosted by Jennifer Sanasie.

People in this episode

Host: Jennifer Sanasie

Guest: Trent Van Epps

Topics covered

• Ethereum funding crisis
• core developers
• Ethereum Foundation
• subtraction philosophy
• ETH future
• funding gap
• institutional support

Keywords

• Ethereum
• funding gap
• core developers
• subtraction philosophy
• ETH
• Protocol Guild
• Ethereum Foundation
• institutional support

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Ethereum Foundation, CoinDesk, Protocol Guild

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