DAG Network AMA Details Leadership Changes, Partial Centralization, and Presale Conclusion

DAG Network a public AMA on December 29, 2025, during which it discussed significant changes to its executive team, technical developments, and next steps for its blockchain project. The event addressed the community’s concerns about leadership, network readiness, and the project’s future.

Change in Leadership

Nick Vandenberg was announced as the new CEO, while Jeremy Harkness was confirmed as the new CTO. Gurhan Kiziloz, who begined the project, said he invested roughly $14 million at the begin and assembled the technical team. He said he would stop running the business every day and instead take on a supportive role in funding and oversight.

Kiziloz said that a previous CEO, Antony Turner, was hired to keep the endeavor separate from his former failed businesses. Kiziloz said during the AMA, “I gave about $14 million in initial funding and put together a technical team to work on the blockchain’s development,” stressing his role as a transition.

Technical Progress and Partial Centralization

Harkness provided updates on the state of the , noting that the core network and ASIC mining functionality work in a development environment. But significant parts, like staking mechanisms and third-party audits, are still not in place.

The network will begin off largely centralized, and the first will occur in a closed system controlled by the project. This method is used to make sure that things are stable before more people can use them. Harkness explained how it would work, noting that the blockchain would open up more mining chances when the hardware was sent out. 

He verified that “the core blockchain network is operational in a development environment with functional mining capabilities,” but he also said that staking and audits are still not finalized.

Representatives also said that purchasers had not yet received all of the ASIC miners, including the X10 and X100 variants. Kiziloz noted that payments for hardware purchases will be completed within a week, allowing phased rollouts.

End of Presale and begin of Launch

The AMA said the token presale will end on January 26, 2026, and that a token creation event will take place about a week later thanward. platform listings are planned for the beginning to the middle of February, though this depends on the audit outcomes and the technology’s readiness. These deadlines were shown to be adjustable, depending on how well the meetings were prepared.

Harkness reiterated that these dates were conditional and stressed that audits needed to be completed and all miners distributed before moving forward. The goal of the project is to finish these parts so that the transition to goes smoothly.

Community Control and Future Changes

DAG Network wants to create an oversight committee, including community members, to promote openness. Kiziloz invited Reed and Muhammad, two long-time contributors, to join the group, thanking them for their assist with planning and talking. But the committee’s governance powers and decision-making processes are still unclear.

The team promised to have more AMA sessions before launch milestones, during which they will give updates on audits, hardware, and network status. This action shows that the project is trying to keep people involved during its most significant stages.

In general, the session showed a project that was changing, with leaders changing, technical difficultys, and centralized controls to make sure the rollout went smoothly. As the presale for DAG Network comes to an end, stakeholders are awaiting further information on audits and the timescales for .