Input Output CEO Chalres Hoskinson has spotted an Ethereum bot masquerading as Canadian programmer Vitalik Buterin
one in Recent TweetInput Output CEO Charles Hoskinson took note of spam bots on Twitter that are impersonating Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin.
As reported by U.Today, there’s been a massive uptick in the number of bots that impersonating Buterin ahead of the hotly anticipated merge event.
On Sunday, a Twitter account belonging to a popular British radio station was hacked for promoting the Ethereum giveaway scam. Several other verified Twitter accounts have been hijacked, with fraudsters attempting to impersonate Buterin.
Hoskinson attempted to laugh off the bot issue, claiming that Buterin would never actually follow him on Twitter.
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Hoskinson, who left Ethereum after differences with other co-founders, has a history of controversy. The two could not agree on the structure of the project. Whereas Buterin wanted Ethereum to be a non-profit. Hoskinson, on the other hand, wanted to create a for-profit organization. His different vision did not sit well with the other co-founder, which eventually led to him leaving the organization in June 2014.
After all these years, Hoskinson appears to have mended fences with Buterin. As reported by U.Today, he said they both had grown “a lot” in 2021.
Buterin also acknowledged that there were some “interesting ideas” in Hoskinson’s projects, even though he downplayed the importance of academic rigor.
Hoskinson has repeatedly described Ethereum as a “dumpster fire.” In May, he jokingly said that it was not too late for Buterin to come to Cardano.
