Mayra

@0xstark Thank you Josh, it was a pleasure to work together 💖

After 5 years on the @ethereumfndn leadership team, I’ve decided to step away and pass the torch. I made this decision in early March, and will wrap up my work at the end of April. I’ve made no plans for the future, other than taking a long break to reset and spending time with my family & friends. Working for Ethereum at the Ethereum Foundation has been a great honour. I’m proud to have worked with great people inside and outside of the EF, and proud of what our community has accomplished together. And I’m grateful to have worked with @aerugoettinea, @dannyryan, @hwwonx, @tkstanczak, @tjuliang, @VitalikButerin, and @AyaMiyagotchi on the leadership team over the years. We share a vision and a set of values that mean I will always be your ally and your friend. This journey has been a gift. I have had the rare privilege of seeing up close how small teams of great people can do the impossible. It has changed how I see the world and my place in it. We do not need to accept the world as it is, or where we fear it is going. That is not hope, it is definite: I have seen the proof. The Ethereum ecosystem has reliably done things the world told us was impossible. It is easy to forget how much real fear and doubt there was that Ethereum would never launch, that DeFi would never work, or that Proof of Stake would never ship. The lesson is not that our success was guaranteed and the doubters are always wrong, but that truly wicked problems can be overcome when great people make an extraordinary effort. You must make an extraordinary effort.

@rene__hdz Lo único que no aconsejaría hacer es hablar mal de tus actuales compañeros/jefes. Siempre hay una forma de comunicarse profesionalmente

Durante una entrevista de trabajo, si te preguntan: — “¿Por qué estás dejando tu trabajo actual?” ¿Qué responderían?

@rene__hdz Básicamente con lo que te falta en tu actual puesto y lo que buscas. No creo que haya respuestas correctas o incorrectas. Tu respuesta ayudará a ambas partes descubrir si el puesto y compañía son un match para ti

An Executive Leadership Update from the Ethereum Foundation Board: Tomasz Stańczak steps down from the co-ED role, Bastian Aue named interim co-Executive Director at EF. blog.ethereum.org/2026/02/13/lea…

I am stepping into the role of interim co-ED @ethereumfndn to continue the progress that Tomasz has made over the last year. Tomasz brought an energy and urgency that the EF needed at a critical time, and I join the community in thanking him for his work on behalf of the Foundation and the network. This task isn't something that I take on lightly, knowing the weight of responsibility of the role through seeing it up close for some time, but it is one that I am prepared to handle. I've served in a management position at the EF over many years, working closely with Hsiao-Wei, Tomasz, Josh Stark, Danny Ryan, Aya, and Vitalik at different points in time. My focus has been deliberately on illegible but essential work, helping management try to make well-informed decisions, working with EF's team leads, considering budgets, articulating strategy, setting priorities, and more. The decisions I make will be guided by a principled insistence on the properties of what we're building (censorship resistance, open source, privacy, security). These properties are what make Ethereum relevant and competitive, and they are the foundation of Ethereum's value proposition to the world and everything the world builds on it; just as Ether is the foundational store-of-value that underpins every transaction across it; and just as both are indispensable to the EF's own treasury. The mandate of the EF is to make sure that real permissionless infrastructure, cypherpunk at its core, is what gets built. Ethereum should outlast us, and it has been our job from the beginning to make sure it is robust enough to do so. I, and the rest of the EF, will work alongside other members of the community - core protocol contributors, researchers and client implementers, auditors and whitehats, incident responders, spec authors, solo stakers and validator operators, node runners, MEV gremlins, rollup and L2 teams, bridge and interoperability integrators, UX and product builders, infra providers and tooling maintainers, educators, community organizers, forum crews, lurkers, and free software advocates, grant-givers and culture-makers, artists, memers, cypherpunks, cyberanarchists, Landian accelerationists, financepunks, femboys, soundcloud rappers, transgenders, disinformationalists, cyborgs, anons, revolutionaries, shitposters, trolls, federal lists, hypebeasts, pirates, preppers, the bros, incels - to make it last 1000 years or more.

@hesterbruikman Welcome! ☺️

Bio update 🙏💅😻. Starting Jan 1, I joined the Ethereum Foundation as Project Manager on the One Trillion Dollar Initiative. I've brushed up on efforts across the ecosystem—Ethereum is and will be the most battle-tested and secure network out there. Ty @fredrik0x @0xstark

@decent_voices @DariaStrategy Thank you so much for having me, Daria! 🤗🙏 Happy Holidays 🥂🎄

🎄Wrapping up 2025 and feeling grateful for the amazing guests on the pod! @DariaStrategy had the pleasure of interviewing some of the best people in web3. In 2026, expect new formats and niches, brand collabs, and even more fresh voices! We’re building trust in a trustless era, together as a community, connected by a shared belief in healthy product culture. Celebrate with Decentralized Voices! Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year 🎙️❤️‍🔥

What does the Ethereum Foundation STEEL Team do? STEEL is the EF team responsible for Specifications & Testing for the Ethereum Execution Layer ⚔️🛡️ A relatively new team that ensures that EL: 1️⃣ Specs are clear & correct📐✅ 2️⃣ Clients are adequately tested before forks🧪

Devcon 8 Mumbai, India 🇮🇳 Q4 2026

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@micu_rra I was unpacking mine 😭 lol

@TheMayCas ahahaha noooo

for those coming to patagonia, dont bring your tamagotchi. they might actually deport you 😭 i saw it happen with my own eyes and i still can’t believe it. sad but true. argentina is wild. stay safe out there.

I am looking for an EA to support me in the ~UTC-9 to ~UTC +3 timezones. DM me if we already know each other, otherwise kindly apply via the link below. jobs.lever.co/ethereumfounda…

The Ethereum World's Fair of @EFDevcon in Buenos Aires might be the most important Ethereum event ever. Nov 17-22 📆 it is the biggest Ethereum's worldwide gathering. And it will be different from any other event… here's why you need to be at Devconnect in Argentina 👇 1/11

@nixorokish @SCBuergel @ZePedroCabrita I promise this is on the works! 😅 Thanks for your patience 🙏

@SCBuergel @ZePedroCabrita @TheMayCas 100% - i use it all the time

Privacy at the highest level of leadership. A revamped PSE team laser-focused on privacy and within EF, with clear ownership. Love it. @barinov & @AndyGuzmanEth are now literally tackling Ethereum’s most important challenges, LFG!

Privacy will be the most valuable asset of the future

🎉 Another @buidlguidl success story: 👉 pavleos.eth got hired in web3 after speedrunning ethereum by going to hackathons and meeting people irl!! 🤔 Key insight: you have to get out of your shell and go meet people IRL to get activated into crypto building! youtu.be/CMqNVU5jrdI

We’re hiring a DeFi Specialist at the @ethereumfndn If you read whitepapers for fun, deeply understand how DeFi works under the hood, and want to work closely with top teams building the future of finance, apply here: jobs.lever.co/ethereumfounda…

NEW EPISODE! This week the entire @ethereum ecosystem celebrates the 10th mainnet anniversary 🎉 Decentralized Voices is part of the Ethereum community, and @DariaStrategy is happy to feature @TheMayCas, People Operations Specialist from @ethereumfndn. 🎯 In this episode, Daria and Mayra discuss hiring culture and employer branding in Web3, red flags for candidates during the hiring process, and the most important skills needed to get hired in 2025. Key takeaways: 🔸 Values and culture at the Ethereum Foundation 🔸 The current state of hiring in Web3 🔸 Identifying red flags in job offers 🔸 Vibes, followers, or skills: what real talent looks like in Web3 If you're a hiring manager in Web3 or a job seeker, this conversation will be insightful for you! Tune in on YouTube, Spotify, and Apple Podcasts. 📌 Timecodes: 00:00 Warm intro. Mayra shares her background from hospitality to Web3. 05:47 What does Mayra do as People Ops at EF 07:32 What values should someone share to join EF? 08:44 Welcoming nature of the Ethereum ecosystem 11:50 Devcon and Taylor Swift: Events that uplift local economies 16:54 Why Web3 companies struggle with hiring 21:55 Do you need 10K subs to belong in Web3? 24:23 Red flags for candidates during the hiring process 28:11 Being “terminally online” in Web3 28:50 Employer branding in Web3 30:29 Is remote work and a higher salary enough to retain employees? 35:57 Skills vs. Network: What really matters 37:30 Mayra’s advice for Web3 job seekers