I can't wait to see what this year's cohort creates! If you're an artist whose work explores ideas of freedom, openness, privacy, or self-sovereignty, even if it's not about blockchain directly, I encourage you to apply. And if someone comes to mind, please share this with them. We'd love to reach artists who can help shape Ethereum's cultural layer.

I just got my @EFDevcon ticket — paid for with ETH! Next stop: Mumbai 🇮🇳 Join me at Devcon 8 from November 3–6, 2026 for four days of big ideas, technical depth, community, and the people building the future of open source technology.

[X] I affirm the direction set out in the mandate, will help translate it into thoroughly reasoned strategies for my domain, and will maintain an exclusive and energetic focus on the mission-critical tasks necessary for its implementation, from today until my last day at the EF.

It was an honor to design the EF Mandate, a document carrying the spirit of Ethereum. The journey from the first version to the final one felt almost spiritual. At some point, I had to step away from the designer’s usual mindset — thinking about “good design” or what people might like — and instead surrender to something larger: a field of pure energy, an abundance of love, a collective consciousness and wisdom beyond individual perception, and a kind of divine light guiding us. Sounds like I was on something, right? But I was not!!! By letting go of my own aesthetic boundaries (which were my limits) and breaking through them, I found a kind of creative freedom. What emerged naturally from that state became a visual interpretation of energy itself, which I placed into the EF Mandate. This process was inseparable from deeply syncing myself with Ethereum’s vision: a world computer that embodies freedom. Grateful to @shiro57102 for collaborating in this creative play, and to my friend @emmaaibara for contributing several pieces. And sincere thanks to the EF board members @AyaMiyagotchi and @VitalikButerin for publishing this mandate and for having me design it, as well as @_Enoch from the Silviculture Society, and the EF designers (@nLoureiro, @renaissancing_, @asbet0s, and Kat) who shared valuable input throughout the process. Let’s go, Ethereum!!