AC questioned the flow of funds funded by the Ethereum Foundation, saying that it did not receive any support when Ethereum was developed.

Sonic co-founder Andre Cronje (AC) retweeted an article on X by Polygon founder and CEO Sandeep Nailwal questioning the Ethereum Foundation, stating, "I really don't understand. Who exactly is the Ethereum Foundation (EF) funding/supporting? When I was developing on Ethereum, I burned over 700 ETH just on deployment and infrastructure. I tried to contact EF, but never received a response: no business contact, no funding, zero support, not even a retweet. Since the Ethereum Foundation isn't supporting core developers (like Péter Szilágyi and the Geth team) or the most vocal Layer 2 supporters (like Sandeep and Polygon), where are all these resources going?" Previously, Ethereum core developer and main maintainer of the Geth client, Péter Szilágyi, publicly criticized the Ethereum Foundation's (EF) internal compensation system and governance structure, expressing his "deep disappointment with EF." Today, Sandeep Nailwal retweeted the relevant news and expressed similar doubts.