Thread by @not_qz

It's been a week of scapegoating @AyaMiyagotchi with our discontent towards anything (and everything) @ethereum.

Firstly, a thank you to folks that engage productively, I've learned a lot

So here we go, @ethereumfndn mythbusters edition so we can at least agree on some facts

1. @solana bullposts and highlights great projects and @ethereum doesn't

True, but @ethereum was the @ethereumfndn account. Check out @SolanaFndn
- very few tweets
- mostly RT

it's the exact same thing. well now this has been clarified and @ethereum is posting more actively

2. @ethereumfndn doesn't use the chain

They allocated 42,000 ETH to be staked with 9 client teams to help fund them.

@ethStaker role modelling in action!

blog.ethereum.org/2021/12/13/cli…

2b. @ethereumfndn doesn't use the chain

Oh wait obviously we're not done. @ProtocolGuild coming in with the mergooor pass, EIP1559 NFT, beacon book, @0xsplits and many more with the indefatigable @trent_vanepps & @TimBeiko

2c. @ethereumfndn doesn't use the chain

@EFDevcon accepts ticket purchases in crypto, @ZupassProject , @fileverse

@EF_ESP giving out grants on mainnet and even L2s

3. @ethereumfndn dumps ETH

2 approaches - not sell or stake ETH to relieve sell pressure

2 responses, @loi_luu pointing out the double standard, and @SECGov going after ethereum since 2022

4. @ethereumfndn employees don't use the chain

tbh doxxing your own employees into the twitter mob sounds like a horrible idea. also whatever happened to our cypherpunk values of privacy?

5. @ethereumfndn doesn't pay core devs/ don't pay core devs enough

@0xstark has literally been saying this since the report came out months ago

also many community development grants go to developer meetups/events

also kudos to the incredible work by @ProtocolGuild

6. @ethereum doesn't want to win/not engaging institutions

This is literally what @EntEthAlliance & @Consensys are doing and many more orgs

I mean, @vaneck_us reps a pudgy + donates 10% of ETF profits to PG

As @0xstark says, ethereum has 100 bd teams, go engage them instead

7. @ethereumfndn doesn't take feedback and is opaque

@jchaskin22 is doing what people are asking now with supporting builders

as for opaqueness - unless you knew every single thing that was on this thread (which is public), there's basically too much happening to keep up

disclaimer: I don't even work for the EF

But as a community member, I am worried new folks enter this space; see week after week of infighting and utterly bad faith engagement

This is not a place people will feel safe in.

Also, a little searching sometimes yields an answer

Now we can go back to discuss
- if EF is doing too little/
- what can YOU do for Ethereum
- aligning around goals @VitalikButerin highlighted that require ecosystem wide coordination

But most importantly remember @ethereum isn't a corpo, it's closer to a movement with a soul