PANews reported on March 1 that Danny Ryan, a researcher at the Ethereum Foundation, announced on the X platform that he would join Etherealize as a co-founder to help the development of Ethereum, and Vitalik Buterin welcomed it.

Last September, Danny Ryan, a researcher at the Ethereum Foundation, announced his resignation, ending his seven-year contribution to the Ethereum ecosystem. Ryan said on GitHub that his resignation was for personal reasons and he wanted to make room for new opportunities, and emphasized that this decision did not reflect problems in Ethereum or the crypto industry. Ryan played an important role in key upgrades of Ethereum. He served as the lead coordinator of Ethereum's The Merge upgrade and oversaw the launch of the beacon chain in 2021. Ryan also actively participated in the progress update of the Ethereum Improvement Proposal.