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.

A lead developer of the Geth Ethereum client has accused the Ethereum Foundation (EF) of secretly creating and funding a second Geth development team. The Geth client is the software used by validators to execute Ethereum transactions.

According to an X post by core developer Péter Szilágyi, the organization undermined the Geth development team in several ways, including encouraging the developers to work at other firms, proposing salary cuts and offering $5 million for the team to spin off into a private company. Szilágyi wrote in a Wednesday X post:

He corrected the year further down the post chain, writing, “2024, whatev :).”

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