Tezos Foundation President Johann Gevers has sparked controversy over the project after deleting a rare post on its future plans Monday, Jan. 29.

Tezos, which is at the center of several lawsuits over delays issuing tokens from its $ 232mln ICO last year, continues to be one of Gevers' founders and founders Arthur and Kathleen Breitman.

Conflicts among those in control of Tezos sparked a knock-on effect on users and third parties, with Gevers admitting the Foundation lost access to its funds between October and December. (19459003)

"… we were advised against the making of the cause of the controversy. tension to be resolved quickly and without further exposure, " the post continues.

"However, I believe the community has waited long enough, and even if it involves some risks."

Despite the seeming change of tact , however, the push for "risky" transparency failed to last,

This article is only available in English. Update is also no longer visible on Gevers' Medium account as of Tuesday. Twitter user Gareth Moison subsequently published the cached post.

What a joke !!! #geversout #hostiletakeover #Tezos #tezosfoundation pic.twitter.com/qfOsIhn48I – Miguel Moital (@MiguelMoital) January 29, 2018

Continuing, plans for Tezos include a new CEO for the Foundation and temporary oversight from an unnamed figure as an "interim measure." Gevers also proclaimed he would take a step back from duties of these measures were in place.

Tezos' TEZ future, operated by exchange HitBTC, lost 20% against the USD and 15% against BTC in the past 24 hours' trading, averaging just under $ 4.