Ethereum Researchers Relinquish EigenLayer Roles Over Conflict of Interest Concerns

Ethereum researchers Dankrad Feist and Justin Drake have quit their advisory roles at EigenLayer1. They left due to worries about potential conflicts of interest. EigenLayer allows crypto apps to use Ethereum’s security through “restaking”2. The researchers received large amounts of EIGEN tokens for their advisory work. This sparked debate in the Ethereum community. People worried […]