Ethereum Foundation researcher Dankrad Feist revealed on Monday on X that he had “recently” become an advisor to EigenLayer, on the same conditions as fellow Ethereum researcher Justin Drake, who had disclosed his advisory role on Sunday.

Neither Feist nor Drake specified the exact timeline when they had taken the advisory role at EigenLayer.

“I am taking this position personally, not representing the Ethereum Foundation, and with a focus on risks and decentralization,” Feist wrote in his X post. “I am therefore fully expected to take contrarian views on Eigenlayer.”

Feist said he receives a “significant amount” of Eigen tokens from the position, but added that he believes it will not affect his thoughts on the protocol and its future development.

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