ETHEREUM FOUNDATION & VITALIK SUED BY FORMER PROTOCOL LEAD 🚨⚖️
Kayleen Fulton (known as Nixo), former head of Ethereum Foundation Protocol Support, filed a federal lawsuit in Colorado against Stiftung Ethereum, Vitalik Buterin, and former executive Bastian Aue. 🏛️👀
Her key contributions 🛠️
🔹 Led protocol support and organized All Core Developers (ACD) meetings.
🔸 Coordinated global engineers planning network upgrades.
🔹 Earned 'greatly exceeding expectations' rating and 21.9% pay raise in late 2025.
The dispute & firing 📜
In March 2026, leadership mandated staff pledge loyalty to an 'EF Mandate' containing a controversial 'Source Seppuku License'. Kayleen helped organize a respectful letter signed by 53 staff asking to remove the forced sign-off.
On 24 March 2026, Kayleen formally disclosed an ovarian cancer diagnosis. Just 13 days later, on 6 April, she was fired while leadership praised her work. The foundation denies wrongdoing, citing binding severance papers. 🛑⚡
What are your thoughts on this lawsuit? 👇
#Ethereum #Vitalik #Crypto #Binance
Kayleen Fulton (known as Nixo), former head of Ethereum Foundation Protocol Support, filed a federal lawsuit in Colorado against Stiftung Ethereum, Vitalik Buterin, and former executive Bastian Aue. 🏛️👀
Her key contributions 🛠️
🔹 Led protocol support and organized All Core Developers (ACD) meetings.
🔸 Coordinated global engineers planning network upgrades.
🔹 Earned 'greatly exceeding expectations' rating and 21.9% pay raise in late 2025.
The dispute & firing 📜
In March 2026, leadership mandated staff pledge loyalty to an 'EF Mandate' containing a controversial 'Source Seppuku License'. Kayleen helped organize a respectful letter signed by 53 staff asking to remove the forced sign-off.
On 24 March 2026, Kayleen formally disclosed an ovarian cancer diagnosis. Just 13 days later, on 6 April, she was fired while leadership praised her work. The foundation denies wrongdoing, citing binding severance papers. 🛑⚡
What are your thoughts on this lawsuit? 👇
#Ethereum #Vitalik #Crypto #Binance