The Ethereum Foundation (EF) again shows cracks. Today, on social networks, a public dispute broke out between the head of the Geth team, farting Szilágyi and the leadership EF on the future of the most used execution client in Ethereum.
Geth (Go Ethereum) is the original and dominant Ethereum execution client. It is essential for the operation of the blockchain, because a large part of the network is based on it to validate and propagate blocks and transactions.
Internal conflicts continue to seduce the Ethereum Foundation
Tensions intensified following the statements of Szilágyi according to which the Foundation has put pressure on several occasions so that the Geth team is passed as an independent company.
He said EF offered $ 5 million to facilitate this separation. This raises concerns about the long -term commitment of the foundation to support Geth internally.
Szilágyi, who directs Geth’s development, accused the basics of trying to unload the basic infrastructure while reshaping his role towards research and education.
He also alleged that EF had financed a separate Geth parallel team within Nethermind without informing existing developers of Geth.
The controversy started when Szilágyi posted on X that EF had recently rejected four development teams and had the Sunset Geth in a few years.
The commentary is worrying for the Ethereum community, because it relies strongly on Geth for the stability of the network.
Tomasz Stańczak, co-executive co-executive of the Ethereum Foundation, replied quickly. He rejected the assertions that Geth was being eliminated.
Szilágyi ATTE with a series of posts contesting the statements of Stéńczak. He challenged EF’s leadership to deny previous discussions on Geth’s rotation and the financing of a separate customer team.
He said that these efforts had been presented several times, especially at a February 2025 meeting.
Is the Ethereum Foundation confronted with an identity crisis?
These events highlight deeper strategic changes within the Ethereum Foundation. The initiates say that EF reposition itself as an organization of research, with less concentration on the maintenance of customers in production.
Meanwhile, criticism argues that the risks of change undergoing the reliability of software if the customer teams are exploded or funded.
Geth remains the dominant execution client of Ethereum. He is responsible for the majority of nodes on the network.
Thus, any instability perceived in its development could arouse concerns about decentralization.
The Ethereum community has long stressed the importance of having several customers. Efforts to reduce dependence on Geth have included subsidies to other teams, such as Besu, Nethermind and Erigon.
However, the financing of internal transparency forks raises concerns concerning confidence and governance.
Currently, the Ethereum Foundation has not published an official declaration concerning spin-out discussions or claims concerning the Nethermind fork.
The result of this dispute can shape how Ethereum balances innovation, decentralization and long -term software management in the coming years.
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