Developer Accuses Ethereum Foundation of Undermining Devs, Creating ‘Secret’ Teams

Ethereum Secretly Funded Rival Geth Team, Ex-Lead Dev Says

Péter Szilágyi, who led the development of Ethereum client Geth, has claimed in a series of X posts that he turned down a $5 million offer to quit the Ethereum Foundation.  The offer allegedly involved him and his team leaving the foundation and turning Geth into a private company. “Did you all know [the Ethereum Foundation] started (and funded) a second Geth team *inside* Nethermind? One ‘100% independent fork from us, with no intended collabor…

Developer accuses Ethereum Foundation of undermining devs, creating ‘secret’ teams

Péter Szilágyi, a former Ethereum Foundation employee and the lead Geth developer, said the organization repeatedly undermined his team. ...

Lead Developer Accuses Ethereum Foundation of Phasing out Geth Project – MAXBIT

Peter Szilagyi, lead developer of Ethereum’s Go implementation Geth, voiced concerns that the Ethereum Foundation pressured developers to discontinue the Geth project. Szilagyi voiced his concerns on X, suggesting that the Ethereum Foundation (EF) had offered $5 million to detach the Geth project from Ethereum. Szilagyi also suggested that EF was funding a secret fork...

Ethereum Foundation’s New Leadership Structure Causes Confusion

Christine Kim, former Vice President of Research at Galaxy Digital, has shared her concerns about the new leadership structure at the Ethereum Foundation (EF). She pointed out that key people are now handling too many roles and said the new organizational chart is confusing. Is The EF Leadership Being Overambitious? In a July 11 X post, Kim noted that Tim Beiko, Barnabé Monnot, and Alex Stokes are in charge of several things at once. She explain…

Lead Developer Accuses Ethereum Foundation of Phasing out Geth Project

Peter Szilagyi, lead developer of Ethereum’s Go implementation Geth, voiced concerns that the Ethereum Foundation pressured developers to discontinue the Geth project. Szilagyi voiced his concerns on X, suggesting that the Ethereum Foundation (EF) had offered $5 million to detach the Geth project from Ethereum. Szilagyi also suggested that EF was funding a secret fork of Geth to replace the development team. Tomasz Stanczak, co-executive directo…