# Vitalik's message to CT about EF

Source: https://x.com/VitalikButerin/status/1881680518934384676
Kiwi News: https://news.kiwistand.com/stories/Vitaliks-message-to-CT-about-EF?index=0x678f9a66f4ae1f2e65f3a0af90b70914f8d3b866bd1ff6b244beeabc73d5ce6a79c288de
Submitted by macbudkowski.eth on 2025-01-21 UTC, 3 upvotes, 1 comment

## Summary

Vitalik Buterin rejected public pressure over Ethereum Foundation (EF) leadership, stating that he is currently the person deciding the new EF leadership team until the planned reform gives the EF a "proper board." He says such pressure makes the environment toxic for top talent, and that some of Ethereum's best developers have messaged him to express disgust with the social media climate. He adds that this pressure makes his job harder and reduces his willingness to do what critics want.

## Article

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 actively toxic to top talent. Some of Ethereum's best devs have been messaging me recently, expressing their disgust with the social media environment that people like you are creating. YOU ARE MAKING MY JOB HARDER.

And you are decreasing the chance I have any interest whatsoever in doing "what you want".

Milady.

https://x.com/coinmamba/status/1880993216201420877

## Comments

**tim**: Milady.