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Why Did Hoskinson Leave Ethereum?

In June 2014, Ethereum was announced at the North American Bitcoin Conference in Miami, Florida. Hoskinson, who was a co-founder of the Ethereum project, left before the official launch in 2015.

The reason for his departure has been speculated by many, but the most likely explanation is that Hoskinson disagreed with the Ethereum Foundation’s decision to fund the project through a crowdsale.

Hoskinson is a strong believer in open-source development and was opposed to the idea of selling ETH tokens to fund the project. He felt that this would centralize power within the Ethereum Foundation and would limit community involvement.

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Hoskinson also believed that the crowdsale would delay the launch of Ethereum by several months.

In the end, Hoskinson’s disagreements with the Ethereum Foundation were too great and he decided to leave the project. He has since gone on to co-found Cardano, another blockchain platform.

While Cardano is still in development, it has already surpassed Ethereum in several key areas.

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