Eric Conner, a prominent Ethereum core developer, recently announced his exit, highlighting concerns over Vitalik Buterin’s leadership. His focus will now shift to developing AI tools, particularly Freysa.ai, due to his loss of passion for Ethereum.

While Buterin’s restructuring aimed to enhance technical leadership within the Ethereum ecosystem, many in the community felt it undermined the project’s decentralized nature, leading to an internal rift.