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Funding Ethereum’s Future: EIPs, Profit-Sharing & Security Incentives with Devansh Mehta

In this deep-dive session at ETHBoulder, Devansh Mehta unpacks three major conversations about the future of funding for Ethereum public goods. Instead of focusing only on allocation, Devansh shifts the lens to a harder question: How do we increase the total funding available for Ethereum in the first place? The session explores the following: • Past attempts at in-protocol funding (EIP-1890 & CSR) • Why credible neutrality makes funding controversial • Validator yield as a funding mechanism • In-protocol signaling for ecosystem contributions • Stablecoin yield & TVL-based funding models • The Blast / MegaETH stablecoin experiment • Why governance and funding are separated in Web3 • Board seats vs donations (Web2 vs Web3 models) • Profit-sharing open-source licenses • MIT vs. copyleft vs. revenue-sharing licenses • AI’s impact on the enforceability of open source • Hard power vs soft power in licensing • Making open source an OPEX expense, not a donation • Impact evaluation beyond self-reporting • Code diff accountability as funding transparency • Streaming funding vs lump-sum grants • The insurance framing for public goods The core tension: Ethereum culture resists in-protocol funding because of credible neutrality — But without sustainable incentives, security and infrastructure remain underfunded. This talk doesn’t offer final answers. It offers provocations about how Ethereum might fund itself at scale without compromising its values. ETHBoulder isn’t just about scaling blockspace. It’s about scaling sustainability. https://ethboulder.xyz/ https://x.com/ethereumboulder https://x.com/devanshmehta Timestamps 00:00 – Overview of three funding sessions 01:00 – The real problem: increasing top-of-funnel funding 02:00 – EIP-1890 & the credible neutrality backlash 03:30 – Contract Secured Revenue (CSR) attempt 05:00 – Why in-protocol funding is controversial 06:30 – Validator yield as ecosystem funding 08:00 – Stablecoin yield & TVL-aligned incentives 09:30 – Blast & MegaETH as funding experiments 11:00 – Governance vs funding separation in Web3 12:30 – Web2 board seats vs Web3 donations 14:00 – Profit-sharing license concept 15:30 – MIT vs. copyleft vs. revenue sharing 16:30 – Enforceability challenges & AI derivatives 17:30 – Hard power vs soft power in licensing 18:30 – Open source as OPEX, not donation 19:30 – Security framing & insurance logic 20:30 – Impact evaluation & code diffs 21:30 – Streaming vs lump-sum funding 22:15 – Closing provocations