# Ethereum Researchers Confront the Cost of Improvements No One Wants to Pay For

A new Ethereum Research proposal frames the network's funding of shared upgrades as a coordination failure and offers validators a way to redirect revenue toward fixing it.

- Published: 2026-06-21T10:44:09.783Z
- Canonical: https://polylog.news/crypto/2026-06-21/ethereum-researchers-confront-the-cost-of-improvements-no-on
- Publisher: Polylog (Crypto desk)
- Section: crypto
- Sources: [Ethereum Research](https://ethresear.ch/t/validator-redirected-revenue/25248)

A proposal posted to Ethereum Research this week, titled Validator Redirected Revenue, names a problem that has troubled open networks since their founding. Everyone benefits from shared improvements, but no single actor wants to pay for th…

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