Ethereum sees leadership shift as Stańczak exits end-Feb

TLDR

• Tomasz Stańczak to step down as Ethereum Foundation co-executive director in February.
• Month-end handover planned; his tenure in the role was roughly one year.
• Coverage frames transition as planned leadership change, not a sudden removal or ouster.

According to The Defiant, Tomasz Stańczak said on Friday he will step down as co-executive director of the Ethereum Foundation at the end of February.The reporting indicates a month-end handover window, with his tenure in the role described as roughly one year.Coverage frames the change as a planned transition of leadership rather than a sudden removal.This article concerns Tomasz Stańczak of the Ethereum Foundation, not the late musician Tomasz Stańko.

Who takes over and the immediate impact on EF

As reported by The Block, Bastian Aue will assume an interim co-executive director role alongside Hsiao-Wei Wang after Stańczak departs at month-end.The interim pairing signals operational continuity while the foundation evaluates longer-term leadership arrangements.In the near term, governance routines and client coordination are expected to remain in focus as the organization manages the transition.At the time of this writing, Ethereum (ETH) traded near $2,053, based on data from Yahoo Finance.

Geth client controversy: context and what it means now

According to ForkLog, Péter Szilágyi, the lead developer of Go-Ethereum (Geth), alleged the foundation sought to push the Geth team out, including a $5 million offer to spin out the client and forming a separate team within Nethermind; he said he was dismissed after raising concerns.Stańczak has denied those claims and affirmed support for Geth before his exit. “There is no plan to remove Geth … We will maintain / support Geth …,” said Tomasz Stańczak, co-executive director at the Ethereum Foundation.Public reporting highlights allegations and denials; any causal link between this dispute and the leadership transition remains unconfirmed.