Polygon co-founder Mihailo Bjelic resigns, becoming third founder to leave company

Polygon co-founder Mihailo Bjelic announced that he will be stepping down from project development and the foundation's board of directors.
According to Block, Bjelker has joined Polygon about two years after co-founders Jaynti Kanani and Anurag Arjun stepped down from their roles at the network.
The Polygon team has made notable contributions to the field of zero-knowledge technology and Ethereum scaling.
In 2017, Bjelic founded Matic, the predecessor to Polygon, along with Kanani, Arjun, and Sandeep Nailwal.
"As projects evolve and mature, visions naturally change and sometimes splinter," he said. "In these situations,
"I have decided that I can no longer contribute to Polygon in the best possible way," he said in his statement. "Nevertheless, Polygon's leadership remains committed to the success of the project.
"I am still confident that this will be the case," he said, adding, "I will continue to support Polygon and will do my best to help in any way I can."
Bjelic is the CEO of Polygon Labs, the Polygon core development organization, and Polygon
He will also step down from the Foundation's board of directors. Another co-founder, Nailwal, said through X, "You are more than a co-founder, you are like a brother.
He was the driving force behind Polygon from the early days of writing ideas on a blank sheet of paper to endless white papers, governance frameworks, and all-night strategy meetings.
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