Riccardo Spagni, the prominent lead developer of Monero, is ending his role as lead maintainer of the protocol, to be replaced by one of the core developers, “Snipa”. Spagni will remain connected to the project as a backup developer.
Spagni, in his personality @fluffypony, is among the prominent crypto space personas, and part of the “Magical Crypto Friends” team. Beyond supporting Monero and the community, Spagni is a Bitcoin (BTC) proponent.
But the decision to leave as lead maintainer has caused skepticism, going as far as to call this an “exit scam”.