The Polkadot co-founder Gavin Wood will remain as Chief Architect of Parity Technologies Ltd. Gavin Wood, the co-founder of blockchain platform Polkadot , has stepped down as CEO of Parity Technologies Ltd. Wood, who founded the blockchain infrastructure provider in 2015 alongside Aeron Buchanan, TJ Saw, Ken Kappler and Jutta Steiner, became CEO in late 2020. Wood ‘never coveted’ CEO role In the company news update published Friday, Wood said he’s exiting the position as that’s not the role in which he feels he can give his best for the company. Indeed, he has “never” coveted the CEO role. “ Anyone who has worked with me knows where my heart lies. I’m a thinker, coder, designer and architect. Like many such people, I work best asynchronously; a great day is taking 10 hours straight to think out some problem, prototype something or collapse some disparate thoughts into an article. The role of CEO has never been one which I have coveted ,” he said in the blog post. Co-found...