97% of addresses in an informal poll support Danny Ryan as the new leader of the Ethereum Foundation
On January 30th, in an informal poll conducted on votedannyryan, 97% of the addresses (325) supported Danny Ryan to become the new leader of the Ethereum Foundation, and only 3% (10) of the addresses voted against it. The addresses that voted for it held a total of 51,198 ETH (about 164 million US dollars), and the negative votes held only 8.85 ETH.
Note: Danny Ryan is a former researcher at the Ethereum Foundation who previously focused on the development of Ethereum 2.0, played a major role in key upgrades to Ethereum, served as the lead coordinator for the Ethereum The Merge upgrade, and oversaw the rollout of the beacon chain in 2021. Ryan also actively participated in the progress update of the Ethereum improvement proposal. Danny Ryan announced his departure in September 2024, ending his seven-year contribution to the Ethereum ecosystem.