PANews reported on October 21st that according to a GitHub Gist , Ethereum Geth core developer Péter Szilágyi published a letter to Ethereum Foundation (EF) leadership last year, alleging that his leadership role had been weakened. EF's chronically low salaries had led core staff to seek external compensation, creating conflicts of interest with project advisors and investors. He also claimed that Vitalik 's attention and resource allocation effectively led to indirect control, with a small number of high-profile individuals and VCs concentrating investment and advisory positions in the project's early stages, creating an "elitist" ecosystem. Péter stated that Geth and himself had been marginalized by their public opposition, with little prospect of improvement.