{"id":54278,"date":"2021-12-07T18:53:54","date_gmt":"2021-12-07T16:53:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=54278"},"modified":"2025-09-03T19:39:02","modified_gmt":"2025-09-03T16:39:02","slug":"sushiswap-cto-threatens-to-quit-amid-internal-disagreements","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/sushiswap-cto-threatens-to-quit-amid-internal-disagreements\/","title":{"rendered":"SushiSwap CTO threatens to quit amid internal disagreements"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-descr=\"CTO\" class=\"old_tooltip\">CTO<\/span> of the decentralized exchange SushiSwap, Joseph Delong, did not rule out leaving the project if compensation levels do not rise and key developers are granted greater authority.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I am going to ship Trident, and if you do not give us the autonomy to continue operations, the capability to form leadership, and increase compensation across the board I will leave.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Joseph Delong \ud83d\udd31 (@josephdelong) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/josephdelong\/status\/1467498535419625472?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 5, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><em>&#8220;I will leave Trident [the new <span data-descr=\"decentralized exchange\" class=\"old_tooltip\">DEX<\/span>, whose development is led by the team], if we do not have greater autonomy, the ability to take on leadership and higher compensation,&#8221;<\/em>, \u2014 he wrote.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Until September, the project was led by the user 0xMaki. He took control from FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried after the scandal surrounding the disappearance of the anonymous founder known as Chef Nomi. The latter <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/sushiswap-administrator-triggers-50-drop-in-token-price\">took<\/a> $14 million from the developers&#8217; fund, and then <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/anonymous-sushiswap-founder-returns-38000-eth-previously-withdrawn-to-the-defi-projects-development-fund\">returned<\/a> it with apologies.<\/p>\n<p>It emerged that 0xMaki&#8217;s departure may not have been voluntary. In a vote in the internal Telegram group, 10 of 11 developers voted for his \u201cexpulsion.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Should we ask <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/0xMaki?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@0xMaki<\/a> come back to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SushiSwap?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@SushiSwap<\/a> core team? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/cgE4jUiL6l\">pic.twitter.com\/cgE4jUiL6l<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 WeWantMakiBack (@makibacknow) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/makibacknow\/status\/1463078678724632576?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 23, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>This was confirmed by a screenshot of a deleted post on the forum.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The full pic. Everything here is true. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Ot3Km0DXO7\">pic.twitter.com\/Ot3Km0DXO7<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 WeWantMakiBack (@makibacknow) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/makibacknow\/status\/1463768722217349122?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 25, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Along with 0xMaki, some other team members left as well.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><em>&#8220;It seems that greed, unfortunately, has taken the upper hand over the community&#8221;<\/em>, \u2014 explained the DEX developer going by the nickname BoringCrypto.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">With the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%24SUSHI&#038;src=ctag&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">$SUSHI<\/a> price already down anyway, time for a little thread about the shenanigans behind the scenes at Sushi. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/0xMaki?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@0xMaki<\/a> was kicked out. Most of the good devs have left. Seems like greed sadly has taken over from community. A thread:<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 BoringCrypto (@Boring_Crypto) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Boring_Crypto\/status\/1467162233905893379?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 4, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Among those mentioned by BoringCrypto are 0xMaki, 0xKeno, LevxApp and Mudit__Gupta.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Who are all the people in Sushi core right now, and what are their roles. Who has left and why? Pretty sure <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/0xMaki?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@0xMaki<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/0xKeno?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@0xKeno<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LevxApp?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@LevxApp<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mudit__Gupta?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Mudit__Gupta<\/a> are not part of Sushi right now.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 BoringCrypto (@Boring_Crypto) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Boring_Crypto\/status\/1467162251421388803?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 4, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The SushiSwap CTO described the situation as &#8216;absurd defamation&#8217;. In the thread he did not agree with some of the statements above. Delong <a href=\"http:\/\/\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/josephdelong\/status\/1467498477542379522\">explained<\/a> that the departure of several developers was linked to their low productivity or, as in the case of BoringCrypto, an inability to work in a team.<\/p>\n<p>Delong did not rule out quitting the project if the community does not back the team.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><em>&#8220;I will, without conflict, hand over all the accounts and go and build something equally as successful. And you can find someone else to bully&#8221;<\/em>, \u2014 he wrote.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I will peacefully transfer all the accounts and go and build something equally as successful and you can find someone else to bully.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Joseph Delong \ud83d\udd31 (@josephdelong) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/josephdelong\/status\/1467498539441926154?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 5, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Delong cited the insufficient compensation of $300,000 for a year of work. He put before the community for consideration a proposal to allocate 200,000 SUSHI ($1.2 million at the time of writing) as a one-off grant to each of the 19 developers of the project.<\/p>\n<p>Of the 96 who voted, more than two-thirds opposed.<\/p>\n<p>In an official statement, the SushiSwap team acknowledged that it had stopped cooperating with the lead developer in Asia due to his \u201cunprofessional behaviour.\u201d In particular, he was named as the spreader of accusations about the dismissal of 0xMaki.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier, in August the SushiSwap team <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/aave-curve-and-sushi-join-global-defi-adoption-initiative\">joined<\/a> forces with colleagues from Aave and Curve in the initiative for the global rollout of DeFi.<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to ForkLog news on Telegram: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/forklogfeed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">ForkLog Feed<\/a> \u2014 the full news stream, <a href=\"https:\/\/telegram.me\/forklog\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">ForkLog<\/a> \u2014 the most important news, infographics and opinions<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SushiSwap CTO Joseph Delong did not rule out leaving the project if compensation levels do not rise and empowerment of key developers is not granted.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":54279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"1","news_style_id":"1","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[1093,1379],"class_list":["post-54278","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-defi","tag-sushiswap"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"24","promo_type":"1","layout_type":"1","short_excerpt":"","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54278","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=54278"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54278\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":54280,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54278\/revisions\/54280"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/54279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=54278"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=54278"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=54278"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}