Ethereum Validators Association

Tomorrow in Cannes, EVA hosts its second Validator Symposium, bringing validators, staking operators, and protocol stakeholders together to discuss validator economics, institutional staking realities, and the EIPs shaping what comes next. Speakers: @patmilkgallon — @ethcforg / EVA Lukasz Kadziela & Yves Holenstein — Bitcoin Suisse @ralexstokes — Ethereum Foundation Invite only. Doors at 4:30 PM. Programming at 5:00 PM. Buenos Aires showed what happens when validators have a real forum and Cannes continues it.

Over 2 million validators secure $eth and yet they've never had collective representation in protocol decisions that directly impact their operations and economics. The @ethvaorg exists to make sure they have one. Tomorrow in Cannes, round two.

Ethereum Validators Association Symposium II @ethvaorg, who's going to be there?🚩

@ethvaorg 🤝🤝🤝

Next Tuesday in Cannes during @EthCC, @lukaszkadziela and Yves Holenstein (@sir_yves) will be on stage at the @ethvaorg Validator Symposium, joined by @ralexstokes from @ethereumfndn. They’ll dive into what institutional-scale staking really looks like in practice—and where current protocol design still falls short.

@BitcoinSuisseAG @EthCC @lukaszkadziela @sir_yves @ethvaorg @ralexstokes @ethereumfndn Excited to see the focus on institutional staking at the EVA Validator Symposium! It's critical for the evolution of DeFi protocols. Understanding the shortcomings in protocol design will pave the way for more robust solutions. Keep pushing boundaries! 🚀

EVA is listed first for a reason. 35M+ ETH secured by validators with no collective voice until now. We changed that in Buenos Aires and we're scaling it in Cannes next week.

Your stake, your voice. hub.ethva.org

EVA Hub measures sentiment, not governance. Signal results don't determine protocol outcomes. They make validator opinion visible and measurable for the first time. More on methodology and roadmap at the EVA Validator Symposium in Cannes, March 31.

In Buenos Aires we brought a small group of validators together to share what we are building. Today it's live for everyone. Introducing the EVA Hub - stake-weighted sentiment signaling on Ethereum protocol changes (ElPs).

If you're interested in attending the Validators Symposium, please send a message from your company email to drew@ethcf.org with the following: Name, Company, Reason for requesting attendance.

@ethcforg ♦︎

Introducing ETH24 - an open-source, AI-compatible publication covering the last 24 hours in Ethereum. Posted here daily, or served directly to your agent (see repo below) ETH24 - 2/18/26: Vitalik on surveillance, EF development tracks, EIP-7623 efficiency, privacy momentum ♦︎ Vitalik underscores the real-world harms of surveillance, highlighting privacy's urgency in Ethereum. x.com/VitalikButerin… ♦︎ Ethereum Foundation's new tracks focus on scaling, UX, and L1 hardening to drive core network improvements. x.com/ralexstokes/st… ♦︎ EIP-7623 increases calldata gas costs but keeps overall expenses low due to other optimizations, improving Ethereum efficiency. x.com/nero_eth/statu… ♦︎ Privacy narrative continues to gain traction across Ethereum. x.com/phildaian/stat… ETH24 is an open source publication, contributions welcome: github.com/ETHCF/eth24

Thanks to everyone who joined us at the Validator Symposium in Buenos Aires. Validators and the Ethereum Foundation in the same room discussing issuance, staking economics, and the road ahead. That's why the EVA exists. Thanks to @jdetychey, @0xzak, and @ethereumfndn for speaking. Dashboard + 2026 event schedule will be announced soon.

Ethereum validators now secure more than $140B in economic value. With over 1M validators worldwide, this community keeps $ETH resilient, decentralized, and running 24/7. EVA is proud to support the operators who make it all possible.

Ethereum runs on the backs of folks who stake their own ETH, keep their machines humming, and carry all the risk so the rest of the world can build. Nobody ever gave them a seat at the table so we made one. It’s called the Ethereum Validators Association.

EVA initiatives include open dashboards for validator performance, research on validator economics and MEV, a verified signaling system for EIP sentiment, and advocacy for validator-driven protocol design. Learn more: blog.ethva.org/announcing-eva/

More than 35.7 million ETH (about $140B) secures Ethereum today. Validators carry the economic weight of the network’s security, yet have no formal representation. EVA exists to strengthen reliability, transparency, and efficiency across the validator ecosystem.

Today we announce the Ethereum Validators Association (EVA), created by the @ethcforg EVA gives Ethereum’s validators a unified structure for coordination, research, and advocacy. The association will officially launch at Devconnect Buenos Aires. Read More 👇