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. The announcement came after co-founder Vitalik Buterin dismissed calls for a shakeup in the current leadership and claimed sole authority over the organization.

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.

Ethereum (ETH) co-founder Vitalik Buterin says the non-profit organization dedicated to supporting the leading smart contract platform is making big changes to its leadership structure.

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