Ethereum Foundation sued for firing employee who opposed ‘suicide pledge’

Former Ethereum Foundation Protocol Support lead Kayleen Fulton has filed a lawsuit against Stiftung Ethereum, Vitalik Buterin, and others, alleging she was fired after disclosing a cancer diagnosis and organizing opposition to a draft mandate containing a suicide pledge. According to the complaint, the foundation distributed a mandate featuring a 'Source Seppuku License' requiring individuals to take their own life if they failed to uphold the pledges, which was subsequently recorded permanently on the Ethereum blockchain despite employee pushback. Fulton and other members of the protocol cluster declined to affirm the mandate under coercion, leading to her termination. Open article →