Vitalik Buterin declared that he alone decides Ethereum Foundation leadership changes until a new board is established

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"The person deciding the new EF leadership team is me," he stated on X. "One of the goals of the ongoing reform is to give the EF a 'proper board', but until that happens it's me."

Buterin said that the decision remains his until planned reforms to introduce a “proper board” and criticized certain crypto community members for “actively toxic to top talent.”