The Ethereum Foundation has added pcaversaccio — better known as pc — to its board of directors for a one-year voluntary term. The move puts a security specialist at the table where budgets, grant priorities, and disclosure norms are set, just as the ecosystem's rapid scaling multiplies potential attack paths.
Who pcaversaccio is
Pcaversaccio co-founded and leads SEAL 911, a crypto security hotline and coordination hub that handles live incident response. He's also part of the Ethereum Foundation's Silviculture Society, a community and culture node. His appointment fills a seat alongside President Aya Miyaguchi, founder Vitalik Buterin, and Swiss legal counsel Patrick Storchenegger.
What the board actually does
The board doesn't run day-to-day operations, but it influences the big levers: budgets, grant allocations, the tone on vulnerability disclosures, and cross-team coordination. Adding a security practitioner to that group means security isn't just a project stream — it's a first-principles constraint baked into how the foundation allocates resources.
Why the timing matters
Chains are scaling, L2s are shipping faster than ever, and the attack surface has multiplied. The appointment signals that the foundation sees security as a structural priority, not a reactive patch. Expected outcomes include more grants for security tooling, fuzzing frameworks, secure default libraries, cross-chain monitoring, and better disclosure norms.
What protocol teams should expect
For teams building on Ethereum, the shift means better incident response muscle memory. The board's influence should push for pre-tested paths, feature flags, and circuit breakers — the kind of infrastructure that makes a live exploit less catastrophic. The next few months will show whether that translates into concrete grant programs and updated coordination playbooks.
