Core DAO leadership changes as validators take control

Core DAO’s early contributors Rich Rines and Brendon Sedo have stepped down from their roles in the DAO as the Bitcoin-focused blockchain transfers more responsibilities to independent validators and community members. Summary Core DAO early contributors Rich Rines and Brendon Sedo have stepped down from their roles. Core DAO said independent validators have already taken over block production, while community operators are expected to assume more responsibility for development and network decisions. The departures follow an earlier validator reward incident that prompted an emergency hard fork after some validators received more CORE tokens than permitted by the protocol. In an October 27 announcement on X, Core DAO said the decision was part of its ongoing decentralization process, which has already seen the network begin transferring block production away from its own operations. Core is entering its next phase of decentralization.Since the DAO began handing over its block-production role to independent validators, the network has run with zero downtime throughout the transition.Decentralization has guided Core since its first block. Each handoff of…— Core DAO 🔶 (@Coredao_Org) O...