Community forces Ethereum Foundation directors to step down, Vitalik explodes: Decision-making power is in my hands, outsiders shut up

Recently, with Ethereum's founder V announcing reform of the leadership structure of the Ethereum Foundation, there has been pressure from the community to force Aya Miyaguchi, a director of the Ethereum Foundation, to step down. In response, V stated that the decision-making power is in his hands and community pressure will only create chaos. Due to the continued poor performance of Ethereum's token price in this bull run, coupled with the continuous dumping by the Ethereum Foundation (EF), the community has expressed dissatisfaction with both Ethereum and the Foundation multiple times. Against this backdrop, Vitalik Buterin, co-founder of Ethereum who usually doesn't comment much on the foundation's operations, has recently made frequent appearances, indicating a major reform of the leadership structure of the Ethereum Foundation and exploring solutions such as stake to address the Foundation's coin selling demand, attempting to save Ethereum's decline and quell the community's anger. The community is pressuring Aya Miyaguchi, a director of the Ethereum Foundation, to resign. Regarding V's recent action to reform the leadership structure of the Ethereum Foundation, Aya Miyaguchi also stated in a post that the foundation has been working hard for a year and hinted that there may soon be news of a reform in the foundation's leadership. However, in response to Miyaguchi's statement, some community members have expressed that this seems more like Miyaguchi's resignation statement. Twitter user CoinMamba even stated that as long as Miyaguchi can resign, Ethereum may set a new historical high within two weeks, and also mentioned that the community can continue to pressure Miyaguchi until she eventually leaves the foundation. V's response: The decision-making power is in my hands! However, in response to the community's coercive intent, V also responded late yesterday, stating that community interference is wrong and the ultimate decision-making power is in his hands. Pressuring the foundation's leadership will only create a harmful environment. The anger in the text is quite obvious: No, this game doesn't work like that. The person deciding the new leadership team for the foundation is me. One of the goals of the ongoing reform is to provide a reasonable board for the foundation, but until then, it's me. If you continue to exert pressure, then you are creating an environment that is detrimental to top talent. Some of the best developers in Ethereum have recently been privately messaging me, expressing their disgust with the social environment that people like you are creating, making my work more difficult. And you are reducing my interest in "doing what you want to do." No. This is not how this game works. The person deciding the new EF leadership team is me. One of the goals of the ongoing reform is to give the EF a "proper board," but until that happens it's me. If you "keep the pressure on," then you are creating an environment that is… — vitalik.eth (@VitalikButerin) January 21, 2025 Related report: Ethereum core developers have lost passion for ETH due to the disconnect between the foundation and the community. The Ethereum Foundation has allocated 50,000 ETH to participate in Decentralized Finance and has conducted test transactions on Aave. Is Ethereum L2 on the verge of collapse due to lack of space in the Blob? How to solve it?"Community pushes for the resignation of Ethereum Foundation directors, Vitalik explodes: The decision-making power is in my hands, outsiders shut up." This article was first published on BlockTempo, the most influential blockchain news media in the dynamic area.