# Announcing the Platform Team at EF

DevFeed: [Announcing the Platform Team at EF](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/announcing-the-platform-team-at-ef-17211.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://blog.ethereum.org/en/2026/02/17/platform>)

Author: Josh Rudolf

Published: 2026-02-17T00:00:00Z

Content type: release

Language: en

Sources: [Ethereum Foundation Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/ethereum-foundation-blog.md>)

Topics: [Ethereum](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ethereum.md>), [Development](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/development.md>), [Protocol (disambiguation)](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/protocol.md>), [systems](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/systems.md>), [Network](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/network.md>)

Tags: [dashboards](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/dashboards.md>), [development](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/development.md>), [ethereum](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ethereum.md>), [metrics](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/metrics.md>), [network](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/network.md>), [protocol](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/protocol.md>), [research-development](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/research-development.md>), [systems](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/systems.md>), [upgrades](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/upgrades.md>)

## AI overview

The Ethereum Foundation announces a new Platform team focused on strengthening Ethereum as an integrated L1 and L2 system. Its responsibilities include protocol development, ecosystem-focused research, roadmap and fork planning, protocol integration, strategy, network-health metrics, and clearer public dashboards.

## Source excerpt

Platform is a new team inside the EF with one goal: Deliver the strongest possible Ethereum platform, where L1 and L2s are best positioned to support users, apps, and all organizations building on Ethereum. This requires improving the L1 \ L2 relationship, so that we grow as a mutually...