Ethereum
Last changed 2026-10-10 · Score recalculated — Rescored under Scoring v2, the published formula (avoid.net/scoring): 64 → 90. Problems weighed by who is responsible: incidents the subject suffered −12.4, concerns that are not fraud −4.4, the subject's own conduct −3; legitimacy credit well known and widely used +25, long-running +10; fact-check adjustments (−10) now shown as page reliability, not in the score. Version history →
Why this score
| Every page starts at | 65 |
| The subject's own conduct | -3 |
| Concerns that are not fraud | -4.4 |
| Incidents it suffered (e.g. hacks) | -12.4 |
| Well known and widely used | +25 |
| Long-running | +10 |
| Sum | 80 |
Score: 90/100 (kept between 0 and 100)
How scoring works →Summary
Ethereum is the second-largest blockchain network and smart-contract platform by market capitalization, operated by a decentralized community of developers and validators and supported by the Switzerland-based Ethereum Foundation. The protocol itself has no fraud findings or enforcement actions against it and the SEC's investigation into whether ETH sales were securities transactions was closed without charges, but the network carries documented structural risks: a 2016 hard fork that reversed transactions after the DAO hack, recurring concerns about staking centralization around Lido and large custodians, ongoing leadership turbulence at the Ethereum Foundation in 2025-2026, and high price volatility tied to ETF flows.
Connected Entities
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- Ethereum Foundation→mentioned with→Ethereum(80%)
- Ethereum Classic→mentioned with→Ethereum(80%)
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- Ethereum Foundation→mentioned with→Vitalik Buterin(80%)
- Ethereum→mentioned with→Ethereum Classic(80%)
- Ethereum→mentioned with→Roman Storm(80%)
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Timeline(13 events)
2014
Ethereum Foundation, a Switzerland-based nonprofit, is founded ahead of the network's launch.
CoinDesk30 July 2015
Ethereum's first mainnet release, "Frontier," launches with the genesis block.
Consensys / Ethereum documentation (via Wikipedia summary)17 June 2016
An attacker exploits The DAO's smart contract, draining roughly 3.6 million ETH (about $50 million at the time).
Ethereum.org / AI Incident Database20 July 2016
Ethereum executes a hard fork to move The DAO's stolen funds to a recovery address; the unforked chain continues as Ethereum Classic.
Ethereum.orgSeptember 2022
Ethereum completes "The Merge," transitioning the network from proof-of-work to proof-of-stake consensus.
The BlockApril 2024
Consensys sues the SEC in the Northern District of Texas, seeking a declaration that ETH is not a security.
DecryptSeptember 2024
A federal judge dismisses Consensys's lawsuit against the SEC, finding the SEC's Ethereum 2.0 investigation already resolved without charges.
The BlockFebruary 2025
Consensys and the SEC agree in principle to dismiss the MetaMask staking enforcement case.
The BlockJanuary 2025
Ethereum Foundation Executive Director Aya Miyaguchi faces public accusations of mismanagement; Buterin defends her and asserts sole authority over EF leadership decisions.
CoinDeskNovember 2025
Criminal trial of two MIT-educated brothers accused of a $25 million MEV/sandwich-attack scheme ends in a mistrial after the jury deadlocks.
Cointelegraph5 June 2026
ETH price falls below $1,700, its lowest level since April 2025, amid broader macro-driven crypto selloff.
KuCoin News (republished via Pluang)May 2026
Eight senior Ethereum Foundation contributors have left or announced departures since January 2026; Buterin publicly rejects calls for the EF to prioritize ETH price support, describing a leaner, narrower future focus.
CoinDeskDecision Log
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This investigation is cryptographically anchored to the Solana blockchain (5 decisions). 12 of 18 cited source URLs have an Internet Archive snapshot.
model: claude-code-investigator
generated: 5/12/2026, 9:59:37 PM
last updated: 10/10/2026, 6:51:16 PM
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