Ethereum Foundation names three new co-leads for its core Protocol team

The Ethereum Foundation has appointed Will Corcoran, Kev Wedderburn, and Fredrik as co-leads of its Protocol cluster — the group formerly known as Protocol R&D and the central team responsible for designing, researching, and coordinating development of the Ethereum base layer.

The reshuffle comes as prominent figures Barnabé Monnot and Tim Beiko plan to depart the organization, and Alex Stokes steps away on sabbatical. The three departures represent a meaningful shift in the team's institutional memory, given Beiko's long-standing role as a key Ethereum upgrade coordinator and Monnot's research contributions.

The incoming co-leads inherit responsibility for one of the most consequential engineering and research functions in the broader crypto ecosystem — the roadmap that governs Ethereum's base-layer evolution.