The privacy advocate and SEAL 911 co-founder joins the EF board amid a turbulent period of leadership turnover and organizational restructuringThe Ethereum Foundation announced on July 29 that it has appointed pcaversaccio, a longtime Ethereum contributor and privacy advocate, to its board of directors. Pcaversaccio is best known in Ethereum circles for contributions that sit at the intersection of developer tooling, security, and privacy. AdvertisementBeyond the technical work, pcaversaccio is a member of the Silviculture Society and authored the Ethereum Cypherpunk Manifesto, a document that articulates a vision of Ethereum rooted in the original cypherpunk ethos of privacy, individual sovereignty, and resistance to surveillance. A foundation in fluxThe Ethereum Foundation has seen both co-executive directors depart, cut roughly 20% of its staff, and enacted a strategic pivot that concentrated resources into a more focused “Protocol” division. As of late July 2026, the board includes President Aya Miyaguchi, Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin, and Patrick Storchenegger, alongside the newly appointed pcaversaccio.