Developer Claims Ethereum is Stolen Intellectual Property, Files Complaints with FBI
After claiming he’d filed formal complaints with the FBI, the man who alleged that Ethereum is his stolen intellectual property says he is making his first attempt to contact the media about the theft.
Although Vitalik Buterin is the identified brain behind the Ethereum project which has gained notoriety especially for its smart contract feature, Jared Mimms claims that Buterin stole his idea.
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Seems like the person would have stepped forward quite a while ago if this were actually true.
Ooh, another broadside against Ethereum.
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