# The Promise of Ethereum: Introducing the EF Mandate

DevFeed: [The Promise of Ethereum: Introducing the EF Mandate](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/the-promise-of-ethereum-introducing-the-ef-mandate-17216.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://blog.ethereum.org/en/2026/03/13/ef-mandate>)

Author: Ethereum Foundation

Published: 2026-03-13T00:00:00Z

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>), [Publishing](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/publishing.md>), [Open Source](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/open-source.md>), [Protocol (disambiguation)](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/protocol.md>)

Tags: [ethereum](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ethereum.md>), [open-source](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/open-source.md>), [organizational](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/organizational.md>), [protocol](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/protocol.md>), [source](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/source.md>)

## AI overview

The Ethereum Foundation is publishing the EF Mandate, a document that sets out its purpose, decision-making principles, and responsibilities. The mandate emphasizes Ethereum's commitment to user self-sovereignty, censorship resistance, open source, privacy, security, and resistance to extraction.

## Source excerpt

Dearest Friends, Today we are publishing the EF Mandate, a document that serves as part constitution, part manifesto, and part guide for the Ethereum Foundation. It is written primarily for the EF itself: to be clear about what we are here to do, the principles by which we...