Eric Conner, a prominent core developer at Ethereum, has left the ecosystem community after a nearly 11-year affiliation citing network co-founder Vitalik Buterin's dismissal of a leadership shake-up proposal.

Ethereum core developer Eric Conner announced his departure from the community, citing his discontent with the Ethereum Foundation (EF) leadership decisions

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin reaffirmed his authority over the Ethereum Foundation in an X post on Jan. 21, in which he dismissed all calls for a leadership shakeup. Buterin said that the decision remains his until planned reforms to introduce a “proper board” and criticized certain crypto community members for “actively toxic to top

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin responded to online hate of Ethereum Foundation leadership, particularly its executive director, Aya Miyaguchi.

TRON founder Justin Sun has unveiled his hypothetical plan for the Ethereum Foundation (EF). He joined the conversation about the recent criticism the crypto community has leveled against Ethereum leadership and its operations.

Conner will initially work on building Freysa.ai, an evolving AI agent, but is open to collaborating on building other AI tools.