Uniswap has come under fire for allegedly failing to properly consult UNI holders and governance participants before launching its new blockchain, Uniswap Chain. Billy Gao, a delegate entrusted with UNI governance tokens by thousands and head of governance at Stanford Crypto, expressed disappointment that Uniswap "did not provide an opportunity to have a voice in the process." Gao also questioned Uniswap's decision to scrap a fee-switching mechanism that could have benefited UNI holders and its choice of Optimism's stack out of a range of layer-2s, suggesting these decisions were made without proper consultation.