How Ethereum governance works
An introduction to Ethereum’s offchain decision process.
Read at ethereum.org
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Civic Hall
Where ideas become proposals.
People, proposals & participation
Understand who
shapes the network.
Ethereum changes through public proposals, discussion, engineering, and community adoption. The Ethereum Foundation supports the ecosystem but does not control the network.
How participation works
There is no universal ETH-holder vote deciding protocol upgrades. Proposal authors, developers, node operators, validators, builders, and users contribute in different ways.
Ethereum Improvement Proposals
Technical and process proposals; document status is not a referendum result.
Read at eips.ethereum.orgThe EIP process
Proposal categories, authorship, and lifecycle.
Read at eips.ethereum.orgEthereum Magicians
Public discussion linked by Ethereum’s governance guide.
Read at ethereum-magicians.orgEthereum research
Research conversations about Ethereum technology.
Read at ethresear.chEthereum Foundation
Meet a supporting organization in the ecosystem.
Read at ethereum.orgEthereum whitepaper
The founding design document, separate from current specifications.
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