Geth Lead has accused the undermining team’s Ethereum Foundation

A leading client developer of Geth Ethereum has accused the Ethereum Foundation (EF) of the secret creation and funding of a second Geth development group. The Geth Client is the software used by validators to perform the Transactions to the Ethereum.
According to an X post by major developer Péter Szilágyi, the organization has reduced the Geth’s development team in many ways, including encouraging those who develop to work with other companies, suggesting salary cuts and offering $ 5 million for a team to go around a private company. Szilágyi write In a Wednesday X Post:
“EF started and funded a second GetH team within Nethermind. A ‘100% independent fork from us, with no intended cooperation,’ said Josh Stark, and they didn’t tell me, Felix, or Martin until I found out in November 2025.”
He corrected the year in the post chain, writing, “2024, whatev :).”
The GetH developer said he was fired from the Ethereum Foundation following a one-on-one meeting with Josh Stark, a representative for the foundation, where he confronted Stark about the Geth’s second “secret” team.
Cointelegraph reached the Ethereum Foundation for comment but did not receive a response through the time of publication.
The allegations follow The changes in leadership to the Ethereum Foundation and a series of initiatives aimed at Promotes Blockchain Protocol to Institution investors To change interest in the Ethereum network.
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The Ethereum Foundation deletes staff, staff approach to pivots
On June 2, the foundation announced staff reduction And that has been the main team of its development to focus on the protocol, increasing Blobspace, and improving the Ethereum user experience, which critics have long been arguing about for the average person.
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The Ethereum Foundation is also pivoted with a funding strategy driven by yield from decentralized finances (Defi) lending and borrowing compared to its traditional method for selling ether (Eth) in the open market to fund operations.
As part of the new approach to Treasury, the foundation is also make regular financial reports The placement of operating costs and current reserves to provide community transparency in budgeting the organization.
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