Key facts
- The Ethereum Foundation appointed security researcher Pascal Caversaccio to its board.
- Caversaccio will serve an initial one-year voluntary term.
- He is also known as 'pcaversaccio' and is a co-founder of the crypto security response group SEAL 911.
- The Ethereum Foundation's board now consists of four members.
- The board is tasked with setting the Foundation's strategic vision and ensuring compliance.
The Ethereum Foundation has appointed Pascal Caversaccio, a security researcher and co-founder of the crypto security response group SEAL 911, to its board. Caversaccio, also known as 'pcaversaccio,' will serve an initial one-year voluntary term. This appointment expands the Foundation's four-member board, which also includes President Aya Miyaguchi, Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin, and Swiss counsel Patrick Storchenegger. The board is responsible for setting the Foundation's strategic vision, ensuring management decisions align with its values, and acting as a security council to safeguard its mission and ensure compliance with Swiss law. Caversaccio is a longtime Ethereum contributor and a member of the Foundation’s Silviculture Society, an advisory group focused on censorship resistance, open-source development, privacy, and security. His appointment comes as the Foundation increasingly emphasizes privacy and security as critical protocol guarantees.