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Ethlabs is an independent nonprofit R&D laboratory founded by several former core researchers from the Ethereum Foundation, focused on core protocol research and institutional-grade infrastructure for Ethereum. Its mission is to advance Ethereum as the settlement layer of the global economy, with key priorities including improving Layer 1 performance, enhancing scalability, advancing interoperability, and bridging the gap between protocol research and real-world adoption. Ethlabs operates as a nonprofit with no commercial returns, funded by community and ecosystem support, and maintains independent governance to ensure technical neutrality. Its work continues the founders' previous Layer 1 scaling research at the Ethereum Foundation, while expanding into cross-chain interoperability, censorship-resistance mechanisms (e.g., FOCIL), and blockchain infrastructure engagement with financial institutions. Through public research, open-source code, and ecosystem collaboration, Ethlabs aims to complement rather than replace the Ethereum Foundation, serving as a specialized node within Ethereum's multi-stakeholder governance network.
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Founded in June 2026, Ethlabs is an independent non-profit R&D lab focused on advancing Ethereum. Its work is organized around three areas: core protocol improvements (such as L1 execution scaling, blob capacity, and transaction speed), platform-level infrastructure (interoperability and the EVM roadmap), and growth (pushing technologies like Fast Confirmation Rule to L2s and exchanges).
The core narrative is that Ethereum can become the settlement layer of the global economy, and Ethlabs sees itself as supporting that shared, neutral foundation. It explicitly positions itself as complementary to the Ethereum Foundation, filling a gap in pragmatic, adoption-oriented engineering rather than competing on vision.
Key pain points it addresses: cross-chain bridges remain insecure, and transfer delays persist, especially on the L2-to-L1 direction; L1-to-L2 confirmation times are also slow. Ethlabs is boosting confidence in zk-based asynchronous interoperability, with intents as a transitional solution, and is also pushing Fast Confirmation Rule to cut L1-to-L2 delays. It also treats ENS as critical infrastructure and engages stakeholders on its direction.
In the past half year, Ethlabs published weekly update reports covering interoperability and PropAMMs (proposal-based AMMs), and received over 300 job applications. It operates an open, ongoing funding model, but no formal roadmap has been released yet. The research strategy is now structured into the three pillars mentioned above.
Negative context within two years: ETH's price fell sharply from around $4,950 in August 2025 to $1,618 on June 29, 2026, reflecting a broader bearish market.
Ethlabs was officially launched in June 2026, founded by former Ethereum Foundation core researchers including Ansgar Dietrichs. It is positioned as a non-profit R&D lab to advance Ethereum's technical evolution. The official development priorities include accelerating settlement, cross-chain interoperability, preparing infrastructure for institutional and AI-agent economies, and reinforcing Ethereum's role as a neutral settlement layer. The organization adopts independent governance, with funding from staking rewards and personal donations, and commits to open research and annual audits. Its public wallet currently holds about 49 ETH, indicating early-stage operations. The future roadmap focuses on technical preparation for Ethereum's next major upgrade (e.g., Glamsterdam) and continued base-layer research.
Ethlabs is a non-profit R&D lab founded in 2026, dedicated to the growth of Ethereum and ETH. Five co-founders:
Ansgar Dietrichs: Researcher at Ethereum Foundation (2022-present), former R&D Engineer at ConsenSys, background in machine learning from TU Berlin.
Julian Ma: Former Research Scientist at Ethereum Foundation (2023-2026), BSc in Econometrics and Operations Research.
Josh Rudolf: Co-founder, biography not yet available.
Caspar Schwarz-Schilling: Co-founder, biography not yet available.
Barnabé Monnot: Former Co-Lead of Protocol at Ethereum Foundation, PhD in algorithmic game theory.
Ethlabs has seen significant team expansion recently. In June 2026, Barnabé Monnot, a former Ethereum Foundation researcher specializing in MEV and cryptoeconomic mechanism design, joined as Co-Founder.\n\nIn August 2026, Binji Pande, also an ex-Ethereum Foundation member, joined as Founding Member, and Mislav Javor joined as Builder, bringing engineering expertise. The team is evolving from a research-focused group into a broader ecosystem-building entity.