ENS dumps director of operations in condemnation of homophobic tweets
Twitter deleted the tweets in question and suspended Brantly Millegan’s account, preventing him from responding to critics and supporters on the social media platform. True Names Limited, the nonprofit behind distributed domain protocol Ethereum Name Service, announced it would be ending its contract with director of operations Brantly Millegan after many uncovered his previously posted anti-LBGTQIA tweets.On Feb. 6, the decentralized autonomous organization of Ethereum Name Service, or ENS, asked users to weigh in on what actions, if any, should be taken against Millegan in regards to a....
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