According to Planet Daily, Thomas Silkjær, head of analysis and compliance at the XRPL Foundation, wrote on the X platform that the Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM) sidechain poses the "biggest single direct attack" on the XRPL protocol, and pointed out that the sidechain has little benefit to the XRPL ecosystem. He believes that the sidechain cannot enhance XRPL's appeal to new developers or align with its unique development spirit. Thomas Silkjær also expressed regret for not being able to develop innovative technologies in the spirit of XRPL to attract smart contract developers to use XRPL, and expressed concern about the shift to an XRP-centric agenda rather than a technology-driven agenda within the scope of XRPL management.