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Open Conversations: On Ethereum's Path Forward (Aya Miyaguchi)

Funding the CommonsThu, Oct 9, 2025, 12:00 AM

A conversation with Aya Miyaguchi, Executive Director of the Ethereum Foundation, exploring how Ethereum supports open collaboration and the development of digital public goods. Aya shares her perspective on Ethereum as an "infinite garden"—a flourishing, ever-evolving ecosystem cultivated by a decentralized network of contributors. This metaphor underscores the collective effort required to nurture Ethereum as a resilient, shared space for innovation, where governments, citizens, and technologists collaborate to steward the commons. Aya emphasizes the importance of collective stewardship across all sectors, from governments to citizens, as key to ensuring Ethereum’s long-term success in fostering collaboration and digital commons governance. Produced by Funding the Commons in Tokyo, July 2024. Mentioned Projects: Ethereum Foundation: https://ethereum.org Funding the Commons: https://www.fundingthecommons.io Learn More: Earth Commons: https://www.commons.earth Thank You to Our Sponsors: Protocol Labs: https://protocol.ai Filecoin Foundation: https://fil.org DESILO Inc.: https://desilo.ai/ Yamauchi-No.10 Family Office: https://y-n10.com/ bitgrit: https://bitgrit.net ONGAESHI: https://www.ongaeshi-pj.com/ AI Alignment Network: https://www.aialign.net/ ANRI: https://anri.vc Chizaizukan: https://chizaizukan.com IBC PATENT ATTORNEY CORPORATION: https://www.hatpat.jp/ Road to Devcon: https://devcon.org/en/road-to-devcon/ Paramita: https://paramita.co.jp/ Octant: https://octant.app Optimism Foundation: https://optimism.io Drips: https://drips.network Polkadot: https://polkadot.network bitFlyer Group: https://bitflyer.com サイボウズ式ブックス (Cybozu Books): https://cybozushiki.cybozu.co.jp/books/ SovAge: https://x.com/sov_age Astrofitters:https://astrofitters.space/

Transcript

[Music] my name is a amaguchi I am executive director of the eum foundation our Ro is to support things in the etherum space starting with the infrastructure layer there are a lot of Open Source contributors who are building this commment uh of e3m and also there are other things such as educational efforts or events trying to support where support is [Music] needed the most important thing about ethereum it's not owned by anyone so we're just a supporter I try to adjust my own law in in the organization in the space according to what's happening uh in the ecosystem my law shouldn't be fixed because what we deal with is changing all the time there is this this culture of working together I often describe it as our vision of infinite Garden we are playing game to continue playing together it's not for the purpose of someone winning that part of this culture ofum is very important so how do we create this Garden without us being there so we need to think about the time that we may not be there so from the very beginning we PR things with that image this type of event is great because it's it blings not just EX Experts of Technologies but also uh conversations that can happen like at the intersections of different expertise the title is funding the commons keep it very Broad and that's like something anyone can be part of government's side can be part of the conversation but also a citizen should be part of the conversation should be part of the ownership of this digital public goods or public commment even the funding part that now we can be part of because of some technical tools out there I want to be part of changing the word if that's the goal at the end of the day this one organization of eim foundation it's just a piece of bigger movement and not just looking at trees and we need to look at the forest if everyone can actually think that way it is not just about only your organization growing is just contributing to the the bigger Garden or Forest it's not just about being a good person or better person it is more fun to just collaborate and work together and I hope many people can experience that by being part of this type of community thank [Music]

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