Dankrad Feist floats $1 billion raise to build a new Ethereum advocacy organization!

Dankrad Feist, a prominent former Ethereum Foundation researcher best known for his work on data availability sampling and EIP-4844, has publicly floated the idea of raising $1 billion to establish a new Ethereum advocacy group. The proposal signals growing sentiment within the Ethereum developer community that the ecosystem needs a better-funded, more coordinated voice — separate from the EF's research-first mandate.

A $1 billion war chest would put a hypothetical Ethereum advocacy body on par with the largest crypto lobbying and education efforts globally, dwarfing most existing foundation budgets in the space. Feist's profile lends the suggestion credibility: his technical contributions to Ethereum's scaling roadmap make him a respected voice, and his willingness to step outside the EF structure to raise this idea publicly is itself a signal worth watching.

No formal fundraising…