That they would produce a legal document with a clause like that and in such a childish format speaks of the general sleaziness of crypto.

Nearly 80 of the foundation’s 250 or so employees voted to nix the suicide pledge after the draft was released

Nearly 80… So the other 170 employees were okay with this? I’m going to go out on a limb here and suggest that just maybe this is a cult of some sort.

Edit: I pledge to not math before coffee anymore.

Downvoted for paywall. Sorry.

https://archive.li/6jnqb

And on page 11 — nestled between a winking anime woman and three yellow cats — was a suicide pledge. Authors, maintainers, editors and distributors of “this software” would pledge to ensure the software remained free and publicly accessible, and would also vow to “take his or her own life with a sword upon failure to uphold any of the pledges in this license,” the illustration read. It was labeled “Source Seppuku License,” an apparent reference to a traditional Japanese ritual suicide. When the document went out on that Friday in March, employees were told to commit to the principles in the mandate by Monday or quit their jobs, according to the lawsuit brought by Kayleen Fulton, a Boulder woman who was fired from the Ethereum Foundation after she led employee resistance to the suicide pledge.

Winking character, keep it free… I am not a crypto holder but something seems off with the article.

For anyone looking for the full PDF: https://ethereum.foundation/ef-mandate.pdf

Huh, a guy I went to college with actually worked for EF for about 5 years. Looks like he left and joined Argot Collective a few months ago, though. Though I’m curious how different the culture there actually is.

Looks like the funny money bros running the fucking cringeshit cult must come from 8chan.

This is on par with Aum Shinrikyo and Happy Science. Shades of Lychee Light Club.

Another reason to yell FUCK CRYPTO.

Jfc…. We live in the most embarrassing timeline. And it’s VERY upsetting that pieces of trash like this company are allowed to exist in the same world where people are starving.

Man children are running everything!

Seppuku if they don’t keep things open source? Wow that’s messed up!

Titled “The Ethereum Foundation Mandate,” the document featured ethereal illustrated scenes of glowing lights and anime-style characters voyaging through dark forests. The pages featured white text against a navy blue background and were adorned with cartoon flowers, rainbows and diamonds.

And on page 11 — nestled between a winking anime woman and three yellow cats — was a suicide pledge.

Authors, maintainers, editors and distributors of “this software” would pledge to ensure the software remained free and publicly accessible, and would also vow to “take his or her own life with a sword upon failure to uphold any of the pledges in this license,” the illustration read. It was labeled “Source Seppuku License,” an apparent reference to a traditional Japanese ritual suicide.

To work in crypto you have to have a fairly high baseline separation from reality but this is impressive.

Jesus Fucking Christ.

The decomposing corpse of the blockchain cult is getting even weirder than it was at the peak of the mania.

“If you reward making a stink with outcomes, then everyone will know that essentially making that kind of show both internally and externally is the way to cause outcomes inside of the EF,” he said, according to the lawsuit, which cited a recorded conversation between the pair.

So he doubled down instead of removing a suicide pledge? Legitimately insane. Now he’s getting sued because of it. But from his point of view it was more about asserting who was in charge. He’s insane.

Ya all take this way too seriously. That seppuku license (definitely not enforceable in court btw) has probably been written after snorting a thick line of coke. These are crypto bros after all.