One Reddit user said Hoskinson has long been known as a “snake oil salesman.” Another said, “the cult of Hoskinson keeps looking a little worse everyday.” Others make light of the situation by cracking jokes at the allegations. “Hi Charles, speaking of fiction, do you want to address the discrepancies between your claims of dropping out of a PhD program and the schools’ assertions that you were enrolled as an undergrad?“ The crypto community is splitĬardano is a divisive project at the best of times, but this latest incident has given the naysayers ammunition to attack. But MSUD doesn’t have a graduate maths program, while UCB says he never finished the course. And again at the University of Colorado, Boulder (UCB) from 20. Her research showed that Hoskinson had enrolled with Metropolitan State University of Denver (MSUD) to study maths part-time between 20. Shin fired back by saying it’s Hoskinson’s educational achievements that are fiction. In any case, commenting on Shin’s book, a Twitter user said he found Hoskinson’s portrayal interesting, to which Hoskinson said the book was a “great work of fiction” worthy of high fantasy classics including The Hobbit. Incidentally, Cardano was ICO funded, i.e., funded by token buyers, not VCs, between 20. He wanted to go the VC route, but Vitalik Buterin thought keeping the project non-profit was the way forward. Whereas Hoskinson claims he left due to differences in opinion regarding the future direction of Ethereum. Crypto investor Isaiah McCall described a “problematic” Hoskinson whose sociopathic tendencies led to him being unceremoniously booted from Ethereum, leaving a bitter taste for all involved. “Sparks flew as these outsized personalities fought for their piece of a seemingly limitless new business opportunity.”ĭetails of Hoskinson’s Ethereum exit vary depending on the source. Laura Shin recently released her book, “ The Cryptopians: Idealism, Greed, Lies, and the Making of the First Big Cryptocurrency Craze,” which centers around the early days of Ethereum and the power struggles between key personalities. So far, Hoskinson has not responded to the allegations, with his latest live stream, post spat, focusing purely on coming updates.īut, whether Hoskinson stretched the truth or not, does it matter in terms of Cardano delivering on its roadmap? Cardano founder dismisses Shin’s book as fantasy

Crypto journalist Laura Shin called out the Cardano founder on discrepancies between his claims of graduating with a maths degree and her research, which indicates he never graduated. A Twitter spat has erupted over Charles Hoskinson’s educational attainment.

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