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Ethereum Is Facing A Critical Funding Gap, Says Ex-EF Member | Markets Outlook
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Does Ethereum have a funding crisis?
On today's Markets Outlook, Protocol Guild Organizer Trent Van Epps tells CoinDesk's Jennifer Sanasie why the Ethereum Foundation's subtraction philosophy is creating a critical funding gap for core developers, what it will take to fill it, and why he's still optimistic about ETH's future.
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Timecodes:
00:00 - Trent Van Epps Joins Markets Outlook
00:57 - Why Trent Left the Ethereum Foundation
01:55 - What Is Subtraction and Why It Matters
02:31 - 20% Workforce Cuts and the Funding Gap Explained
05:09 - Options for Solving the Funding Crisis
07:06 - Will Ethereum Lose Its First Mover Advantage?
08:40 - What Happens If the Funding Doesn't Come?
10:47 - What Institutions Should Replace the EF?
12:24 - Ethereum’s Future
14:37 - ETH the Asset: The Misconceptions and the Opportunity
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This episode was hosted by Jennifer Sanasie.