On a Friday in March, employees at an international technology foundation received a 38-page document outlining leadership’s vision for the foundation for the next 1,000 years.

The document went out to all employees of The Ethereum Foundation, a nonprofit organization registered in Switzerland that supports Ethereum, a popular cryptocurrency platform and the second-largest blockchain network in the world, valued at about $300 billion, according to a federal lawsuit filed by a Boulder resident Wednesday in U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado.

Titled “The Ethereum Foundation Mandate,” the document featured ethereal illustrated scenes of glowing lights and anime-style characters voyaging through dark forests. The pages…