Ethereum Foundation researcher Justin Drake disclosed an advisory role at Eigen Foundation and a corresponding Eigen token allocation.

Drake’s disclosure followed discussions about potential conflicts of interest between EigenLayer and his employer, the Ethereum Foundation, arising from core devs and researchers at the organization taking advisory roles.

On May 18, Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin posted on X that he was proud that Ethereum did not have a culture of preventing people from speaking their minds, including negative opinions regarding the protocol or its ecosystem.

In response, well-known crypto trader Jordan Fish, also known as Cobie, questioned Buterin’s thoughts on incentives received by Ethereum Foundation core developers or researchers.

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