The Ethereum Foundation has appointed Pascal Caversaccio, co-founder and lead of the crypto security response group SEAL 911, to its board. The addition, announced on Wednesday, expands the body’s focus on privacy and security within its protocol strategy.

Caversaccio joins for an initial voluntary one-year term. He takes a seat alongside president Aya Miyaguchi, Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin and Swiss counsel Patrick Storchenegger on the four-member board.

A longtime Ethereum contributor, Caversaccio belongs to the Foundation’s Silviculture Society, an informal advisory group addressing censorship resistance, open-source development, privacy and security. He wrote The Ethereum Cypherpunk Manifesto in 2024 and Ethereum Privacy: The Road to Self-Sovereignty in 2025.

The board determines the Foundation’s overall vision. It also reviews whether management strategies and decisions remain consistent with the organization’s values. The Foundation characterizes the board as a security council charged with safeguarding its mission and ensuring compliance as a Swiss foundation.

The appointment coincides with a heightened emphasis on privacy and security in the Foundation’s organizational approach. In June the group identified both areas as non-negotiable protocol guarantees. Its protocol team is tasked with converting research on layer-1 privacy and post-quantum security into practical changes that maintain Ethereum’s self-sovereignty.