# EthereumFoundationRestructuresForEfficiency

The Ethereum Foundation has completed a major restructuring, cutting 54 positions (approximately 20% of its workforce) and reorganizing into five core clusters. Vitalik Buterin stated that the EF will reduce its budget by about 40% this year, shifting from a spending-based organization to a long-term endowment model. The EF is repositioning itself as a leaner protocol governance and maintenance body, rather than a primary builder.