Many people are unaware of the fact that Ethereum’s (ETH) co-founders’ disagreement partially contributed to the network’s near-demise in 2014. In actuality, Ethereum’s co-founders were bitter enemies. This also explains why there was a tense atmosphere when Charles Hoskins departed Ethereum.
The project’s co-founders of Ethereum (ETH) did not share the same vision.
At the age of 19, Vitalik developed the idea that resulted in the creation of the Ethereum (ETH) blockchain. Then Vitalik worked with various developers to create Ethereum (ETH). However, Vitalik was extremely unselfish and lacked leadership despite his abilities and unwavering passion for the project. He allowed his associates’ behavior to progressively get out of control because he lacked the ability to make difficult judgments.
The Ethereum (ETH) co-founders actually only share two things: a deep love for the Ethereum white paper (written by Vitalik Buterin) and a blatant hatred of Bitcoin’s restrictions (BTC). In actuality, everyone of the Ethereum (ETH) network’s creators had a unique idea for the project. In this setting, a frantic power battle began. Vitalik eventually had to separate ways with some of his team mates.
However, according to Matthew Leising’s book Out of the Ether, the key figures in Ethereum (ETH) include Gavin Wood, the chief architect of Ethereum, Vitalik Buterin, and Anthony Di Iorio, who recruited Charles Hoskinson to the project (ETH). Joe Lubin, the creator of ConsenSys, and Amir Chetrit are the following.
The most difficult co-founder, Charles Hoskinson?
A lot of people in this initiative considered themselves co-founders, according to ETH investor Michael Perklin. According to him, there is only one founder of Ethereum: the person who had the original concept, who should receive all the credit.
All of the other co-founders of the Ethereum (ETH) network, excluding Vitalik, were troublesome in some way. Gavin Wood, for instance, was rude to most people and only got along with programmers. Amir Chetrit arrived to work wearing t-shirts from other cryptocurrency initiatives and showed indifference in the idea.
The most difficult situation included Charles Hoskinson, though. Charles Hoskinson really portrayed himself as the CEO of Ethereum since he had always wanted to be in charge of the Ethereum (ETH) project.
According to the book Out of the Ether, the other co-founders thought Charles was a pathological liar. He was a sociopath, in their opinion, and should never be trusted. Joe Lubin stated that Charles even sought to convince individuals that he was Satoshi Nakamoto, the person who created Bitcoin (BTC).