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Ethereum Foundation publishes mandate outlining its role as ‘one of many stewards’ of the network

Ethereum Foundation publishes mandate outlining its role as ‘one of many stewards’ of the network

The mandate codifies Ethereum’s core “CROPS” principles: censorship resistance, open source, privacy, and security.

The foundation says it will focus on ecosystem work “with no other natural home,” such as protocol research and security

The Ethereum Foundation on Friday published a new mandate outlining the organization’s mission and reaffirming the principles it says should guide Ethereum's

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long-term development.

The document, described by the foundation as "part constitution, part manifesto and part internal guide," emphasizes that Ethereum must remain censorship resistant, open source, private and secure, a framework the organization and Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has abbreviated as "CROPS."

According to the foundation, those properties are central to protecting Ethereum’s core goal of enabling user self-sovereignty, allowing people to control their assets, identities, and online activity without relying on centralized intermediaries.

"Ethereum must, above all, remain censorship resistant, open source, private, and secure," the foundation wrote in the mandate. "Without them we have nothing