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Vitalik Buterin created a 'fellowship of the ring' to build ethereum. But the founders have a history of feuds and are now competing for crypto dominance.
Vitalik Buterin created a 'fellowship of the ring' to build ethereum. But the founders have a history of feuds and are now competing for crypto dominance.
Harry RobertsonSep 19, 2021, 16:22 IST
Vitalik Buterin brought together seven other people to help him build ethereum."775040520SB00199_TechCrunch" by TechCrunch is licensed under CC BY 2.0
Vitalik Buterin has likened the eight ethereum cofounders to the "fellowship of the ring."
Yet, they have a history of feuds and in some cases are directly competing against each other.
Insider takes a look at who the eight ethereum founders are and what they're up to now.
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Vitalik Buterin
Vitalik Buterin dreamed up ethereum in 2013.
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Charles Hoskinson
Ethereum cofounder and Cardano creator, Charles Hoskinson
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Gavin Wood
Gavin Wood went on to found polkadot.
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Joe Lubin
Joe Lubin went on to found ConsenSys.
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Anthony Di Iorio
Anthony Di Iorio recently said he's quitting the crypto world.
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Mihai Alisie
Mihai Alisie is now working on a crypto project called Akasha.
@MihaiAlisie/Twitter
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Jeffrey Wilcke
Jeffrey Wilcke is now a video-game designer.
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Amir Chetrit
Amir Chetrit is the most mysterious and publicity shy of the group, but was working on a crypto startup called Colored Coins – which Buterin also worked on – when he joined ethereum.
Yet, according to journalist Matthew Leising, who wrote a book about ethereum called "Out of the Ether," other members thought Chetrit wasn't pulling his weight. Leising wrote that this led to Buterin kicking him out of the project with Hoskinson.