Overview
- Polygon co-founder Sandeep Nailwal said the Foundation provided no direct support to his team and that his loyalty to Ethereum is weakening.
- Sonic Labs co-founder Andre Cronje claimed he spent more than 700 ETH on deployments and infrastructure without receiving grants, outreach or any support.
- Vitalik Buterin publicly thanked Polygon and Nailwal, citing early zero-knowledge work, the AggLayer effort and applications like Polymarket, as well as Nailwal’s humanitarian initiatives.
- Buterin said Polygon currently lacks a ZK proof system that would deliver full Layer-2 security guarantees and suggested adopting off-the-shelf proving stacks, noting per-transaction proving can cost about $0.0001.
- Nailwal argued Polygon might command a two- to five-times higher valuation as a standalone Layer-1, and prior disclosures from Péter Szilágyi about earning $625,000 over six years have renewed questions about Ethereum Foundation compensation and retention.