# Background

Ethereum’s network is supported by a wide range of reserves held by foundations, protocols, DAOs, and other major participants. These reserves play a critical role in sustaining development, maintaining ecosystem confidence, and responding to changing market conditions.

However, information about these reserves is often fragmented, scattered across multiple sources, or difficult to verify in real time. Without a clear and unified view, it becomes challenging for the community to fully understand the scale, distribution, and movement of these holdings.

The Strategic ETH Reserve addresses this gap by creating a transparent, on-chain monitoring system for Ethereum reserves. It consolidates reserve data from key entities into a single, accessible platform, allowing anyone to see how these resources are allocated and how they change over time.

By making Ethereum’s reserve data fully visible and verifiable, SΞR enables more informed decision-making, strengthens trust across the ecosystem, and improves the network’s ability to respond to both opportunities and risks with greater precision and speed.
