# A Developer Warns Ethereum Faces a Slow Funding Crisis

Contributor Trent Van Epps says foundation spending cuts could constrain core development over the coming months.

- Published: 2026-06-19T10:44:33.270Z
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A long-running risk for open-source networks surfaced again this week. Trent Van Epps, a contributor to Ethereum's ecosystem support work, warned that Ethereum could enter what he called a slow funding crisis over the next three to nine mon…

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