# Ethereum Foundation Begins Staking Approximately 70,000 ETH From Its Treasury

DevFeed: [Ethereum Foundation Begins Staking Approximately 70,000 ETH From Its Treasury](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/treasury-staking-initiative-17214.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://blog.ethereum.org/en/2026/02/24/staking>)

Author: Ethereum Foundation

Published: 2026-02-24T00:00:00Z

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>), [Resilience](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/resilience.md>), [Open Source](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/open-source.md>), [cloud-infrastructure](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/cloud-infrastructure.md>)

Tags: [beacon](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/beacon.md>), [consensus](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/consensus.md>), [distributed](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/distributed.md>), [ethereum](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ethereum.md>), [hardware](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/hardware.md>), [infrastructure](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/infrastructure.md>), [open-source](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/open-source.md>), [operational](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/operational.md>), [organizational](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/organizational.md>), [policy](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/policy.md>), [resilience](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/resilience.md>), [software](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/software.md>), [yield](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/yield.md>)

## AI overview

The Ethereum Foundation has begun staking approximately 70,000 ETH from its treasury, directing rewards back to the treasury. It uses the open-source Dirk and Vouch software, minority client pairings, hosted infrastructure, and self-managed hardware to support validator resilience and client diversity.

## Source excerpt

The Ethereum Foundation has begun staking a portion of its treasury, in line with its Treasury Policy announced last year. Approximately 70,000 ETH is being staked with rewards directed back to the EF treasury....