Eigen Labs, the developer of the well-known Ethereum re-pledge protocol EigenLayer, was revealed on the 15th that it would send addresses to project parties that rely on its technology, forcing them to issue free airdrops to Eigen Labs employees, raising questions about conflicts of interest. (Previous summary: The Ethereum Foundation is putting out the fire: It is formulating a "conflict of interest" policy to resolve future disputes similar to EigenLayer) (Background supplement: Ethereum Foundation researcher admitted to "receiving money from the project party": Believe in EigenLayer and make money as a consultant in a private capacity Million Magnesium) Ethereum re-pledge protocol EigenLayer has always promoted itself as a trustworthy and neutral platform and protects investors from theft and cyber attacks. However, a CoinDesk investigation revealed yesterday that employees of EigenLayer developer Eigen Labs have repeatedly accepted millions of dollars in tokens as compensation from other projects that rely on its technology, raising questions about potential conflicts of interest. Sending tokens to thank Eigen Labs employees A project team said they sent a portion of new tokens to each Eigen Labs employee as a “thank you,” and the tokens these employees received were ultimately worth $80,000. Another team said Eigen Labs sent them a list of wallet addresses and pressured them into fearing that if they didn’t pay, they might jeopardize their relationship with Eigen Labs. According to reports, Eigen Labs employees ended up being worth nearly $5 million during the peak of the market (it is now worth less than $1 million). Although Eigen Labs insists that it will only provide address lists when project parties actively request it, and it has secretly banned employees from accepting such dividends this year. However, a project team revealed that they did not take the initiative to request it, and Eigen Labs still took the initiative to send this address list. The anonymous developer of the project complained: Eigen Labs requested an airdrop to their employees. This request is difficult to ignore because Eigen Labs has Great influence. Three major projects issued free airdrops. It is understood that Ether.Fi, Renzo and AltLayer have all issued tokens to Eigen Labs employees: AltLayer allocated 46,512 ALT to each Eigen Labs employee, Ether.Fi allocated 10,490.9 ETHFI, and Renzo allocated 66,667 tokens. When the price of REZ reached its peak, the values ​​of these three airdrops were approximately $30,000, $80,000, and $16,666 respectively. In addition, according to an on-chain investigation by analyst @defioasis, 51 suspected Eigen Labs employee addresses received a total of 487,933 ETHFI, 1,964,838 ALT and 1,335,090 REZ. The total peak value exceeded US$5.5 million, of which 41.3% Of the addresses, 41.5% chose to sell ETHERFI, 41.5% sold ALT, 31.7% continued to pledge ALT, and 40% sold REZ. EigenLayer official response In response to this controversy, EigenLayer officially issued a statement on the 15th stating that there is no discovery or evidence that any employee of Eigen Labs exerted pressure on any team to improperly benefit Eigen Labs corporate entities or its employees. If anyone has evidence, Please report any inappropriate behavior by any member of the Eigen Labs team directly to notices@eigenlabs.org. But the community obviously doesn’t pay the bill. After all, they have admitted that they have indeed received token airdrops from the project side. Related reports Lido founder and Paradigm reportedly secretly funded new re-pledge protocol Symbiotic, could it threaten EigenLayer’s leading position? Airdrops cannot be transferred, what is EigenLayer’s “regulatory excuse”? Throughout the new concept, how to correctly understand the terminology in the EigenLayer white paper? 〈EigenLayer scandal bombshell! Forcing the project team to make airdrops to "compensate their own employees" to earn US$5 million> This article was first published in Dongqu BlockTempo "Dongqu Dongzhu - the most influential blockchain news media".

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