# Ethereum Foundation Internal Update

DevFeed: [Ethereum Foundation Internal Update](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/ethereum-foundation-internal-update-16741.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://blog.ethereum.org/en/2016/01/07/2394>)

Author: Vitalik Buterin

Published: 2016-01-07T02:37:42Z

Content type: opinion

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>), [Scalability](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/scalability.md>), [WebAssembly](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/web-assembly.md>)

Tags: [cryptography](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cryptography.md>), [development](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/development.md>), [ethereum](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ethereum.md>), [operations](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/operations.md>), [organization](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/organization.md>), [organizational](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/organizational.md>), [protocol](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/protocol.md>), [scalability](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/scalability.md>), [webassembly](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/webassembly.md>)

## AI overview

The Ethereum Foundation describes its long-term plans following Ethereum's launch and ahead of Homestead, including development of Serenity with software abstraction features, the Casper consensus algorithm, and future scalability work. The update also discusses efforts to streamline the Foundation's operations and address organizational and financial challenges.

## Source excerpt

Now that Ethereum has launched and is rapidly nearing its Homestead phase, over the last few months we at the Ethereum Foundation have finally had the chance to have some breathing room and plan our strategies with a more long-term view. From a development perspective, we have now started in...