Five former Ethereum Foundation researchers just launched @ethlabs_org, an independent non-profit R&D lab for Ethereum. Behind the new org: Ansgar Dietrichs, Barnabé Monnot, Caspar Schwarz-Schilling, Josh Rudolf, and Julian Ma Backers: @BitMNR, @Sharplink, and Consensys founder @ethereumJoseph The thesis: ETH as the world's universal onchain settlement layer. Read more here: https://thedefiant.io/news/people/five-former-ef-researchers-launch-ethlabs-independent-nonprofit-rd-lab-ethereum(The Defiant)