# ETH > The sale of ETH is aimed at supporting developers The co-founder of Ethereum, Vitalik Buterin, said that the fund's ETH sales are used to pay researchers and developers. These funds help to develop Ethereum technologies, including improving consensus, reducing transaction time, and increasing privacy through ZK technologies. **Published by:** [toshinou.eth](https://paragraph.com/@toshinou.eth/) **Published on:** 2024-10-30 **URL:** https://paragraph.com/@toshinou.eth/eth ## Publication Information - [toshinou.eth](https://paragraph.com/@toshinou.eth/): Publication homepage - [All Posts](https://paragraph.com/@toshinou.eth/): More posts from this publication - [RSS Feed](https://api.paragraph.com/blogs/rss/@toshinou.eth): Subscribe to updates ## Optional - [Collect as NFT](https://paragraph.com/@toshinou.eth/eth): Support the author by collecting this post - [View Collectors](https://paragraph.com/@toshinou.eth/eth/collectors): See who has collected this post