Ethereum (ETH) Foundation Announces Trillion-Dollar Security Initiative
The Ethereum Foundation has unveiled a major new security initiative aimed at making consumers, businesses, and organisations more comfortable with holding value on the network.
The Ethereum Foundation announced the “Trillion Dollar Security Initiative” on May 14, with the goal of developing Ethereum’s “civilisation-scale infrastructure that securely underpins the internet and global economy.”
The primary goal is to improve Ethereum’s security to the point that billions of people feel comfortable putting more than $1,000 each on the network, which would amount to trillions of dollars.
It also wants to ensure that companies feel comfortable holding more than $1 trillion in a single Ethereum contract or application.
Surpassing the World’s Legacy Systems
The effort takes a three-part approach, starting with security landscape mapping. This provides a complete perspective of security strengths and vulnerabilities across all layers of Ethereum’s technology stack.
There are also targeted enhancements, such as addressing high-priority issues and investing in long-term enhancement projects. Finally, improved communication will make Ethereum’s security standards easier to grasp and compare with other systems.
Fredrik Svantes, Protocol Security Lead, and Josh Stark from the Ethereum Foundation’s management team are serving as the project’s co-chairs. They are joined by ecosystem stewards Samczsun, founder of the Security Alliance (SEAL) and security advisor at Paradigm; Mehdi Zerouali, co-founder of Sigma Prime; and Zach Obront, co-founder of Etherealise. The initiative is actively seeking broad community engagement through a feedback form and is open to meaningful dialogue with key stakeholders.
This project demonstrates Ethereum’s positioning not only as the most secure blockchain but also as a true “civilisation-scale” infrastructure with security that outperforms existing financial systems.
Ethereum already has billions of dollars in assets on the blockchain. It is the market leader and benchmark for stablecoins and tokenised real-world assets. As per data from rwa.xyz, over $22 billion worth of real-world assets (RWAs) have been tokenized on blockchains, with Ethereum capturing 58% of this market share.
ETH Price Outlook
Spot Ether prices have seen a notable rebound in recent weeks following a challenging year. On Wednesday, ETH reached its highest level in over three months, coming close to the $2,700 mark. Over the past two weeks, the asset has surged by 43%, though it was trading slightly lower around $2,600 during the early Asian trading hours. Investor Ted Pillows has projected that ETH could climb to $6,000 by the fourth quarter, driven largely by the involvement of institutional investors and crypto whales.
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