# Ethlabs > Ethlabs is a non-profit R&D lab for Ethereum and ETH, building toward the next era of the onchain economy. Ethlabs is an independent non-profit research and development lab. Its team has spent the better part of a decade contributing to Ethereum core R&D, and works to help Ethereum and ETH reach their full potential — shaping the core protocol; engaging deeply with users, builders, L2s and institutions; and leading the standards and infrastructure the ecosystem needs. ## Pages - [Thesis](https://ethlabs.org/thesis.html): Our thesis on the next era of the onchain economy and why Ethereum is positioned to be its universal base layer. - [Funding](https://ethlabs.org/funding.html): Anchor funders, contributors, and the community round. - [Writings](https://ethlabs.org/writings/): Writings from the lab, including weekly updates. RSS feeds at https://ethlabs.org/writings/feed.xml (writings) and https://ethlabs.org/updates/feed.xml (weekly updates) ## Team - Ansgar Dietrichs — https://x.com/adietrichs - Barnabé Monnot — https://x.com/barnabemonnot - Caspar Schwarz-Schilling — https://x.com/casparschwa - Derek Chiang — https://x.com/decentrek - Francesco D'Amato — https://x.com/fradamt - Josh Rudolf — https://x.com/rudolf6_ - Julian Ma — https://x.com/_julianma ## Contact - Email: join@ethlabs.org - Newsletter: weekly email, subscribe via the footer on any page of https://ethlabs.org/