# A Developer Warns Ethereum Could Face a Slow Funding Crisis

Trent VanEpps, an advocate for public-goods funding, cautions that spending cuts at the Ethereum Foundation could deprive parts of the ecosystem of support over the coming months, raising a debate about who pays for public infrastructure.

- Published: 2026-06-19T10:30:25.546Z
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A warning circulating in the Ethereum community describes a problem that the protocol's market value tends to obscure. According to remarks from Trent VanEpps, an advocate for public-goods funding in the ecosystem, reported through a French…

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