The leadership changes follow community criticism over Ether’s price performance and slower developer growth

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The news follows Tuesday’s announcement of Aya Miyaguchi leaving that role to become the EF’s new president. The leadership shake-up follows intense debate among the community about the EF’s role in the ecosystem, as some have blamed the organization and its leadership for the blockchain’s token ether (ETH) price lagging behind other cryptocurrencies, while the blockchain attracted for the first time less new developers than its competitor Solana.

The change to the Ethereum Foundation followed months of complaints from the community that the project was headed in the wrong direction.