[Ethereum Foundation Frequently Criticized, Researcher Defends Its Mission as Building the Protocol Rather Than Pumping ETH] Deep Tide TechFlow reports that on May 24, according to Cointelegraph, the Ethereum Foundation has recently faced community criticism for selling ETH, unstaking, and limited public communication. However, blockchain researcher and investor William Mougayar defended the foundation in a post, stating that the public has long misunderstood the foundation's role. He clarified that ETH, the Ethereum network, and the Ethereum Foundation are three distinct aspects: ETH is an asset, Ethereum is a shared computing infrastructure, and the foundation is a nonprofit organization responsible for advancing the protocol. One of its goals is even to 'make the founders gradually less important.' The Ethereum Foundation is currently on a 'subtraction path,' strengthening the network by advancing protocol upgrades, funding foundational research, and reducing its own centralizing influence.