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Two Long-Time Ethereum Foundation Contributors Announce Departures

April 16, 2026
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Two Long-Time Ethereum Foundation Contributors Announce Departures

Josh Stark, a member of the management team at the Ethereum Foundation, announced on X today, April 16, that he will leave the foundation at the end of this month.

Stark’s announcement comes just a day after another EF contributor, Trent Van Epps, also revealed his departure, writing that he left the foundation last week.

Both Stark and Van Epps are leaving the Ethereum Foundation after five years, per their X posts. Stark, who is also the co-founder of Ethereum hackathon and event project ETHGlobal, did not give an explicit reason for the departure, noting in his post that he is not immediately moving to another project. Stark also had only positive remarks about the foundation and the broader Ethereum ecosystem, writing:

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