Vitalik Buterin condemned harassment toward Executive Director Aya Miyaguchi, labeling some threats as “pure evil.”

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Some X community members have resorted to harassment and death threats against Miyaguchi, which Buterin strongly condemned as ‘pure evil.

Miyaguchi, however, has not been ousted from the foundation. Buterin lambasted some of her critics on X, accusing them of using her as a "scapegoat." In multiple tweets, Buterin highlighted certain particularly inflammatory social media comments — including death threats and explicit calls for more bullying of Miyaguchi — and called them "pure evil."