Charles Hoskinson and ETH dev get into a war of words post-Vasil upgrade
Charles Hoskinson, the founder of Cardano and co-founder of Ethereum blockchain, got into a war of words with Ethereum developers on the implementation of proof-of-stake (PoS) consensus via Merge.
On Sunday, Web3 investor Evan Van Ness shared an unpopular opinion claiming that the Ethereum Merge could have been shipped earlier. Vitalik Buterin, the co-founder of Ethereum, agreed to Van Ness’s comments and said they should have implemented NXT-like chain-based PoS.
Hoskinson joined in the conversation claiming the Ethereum developers should have implemented snow white protocol instead to ensure a faster migration to proof-of-stake (PoS) consensus.
You should have just implemented snow white with Elaine's help. It would have saved you a heck of a lot of pain and effort.
Snow White is one of the first protocols to provide end-to-end, formal proofs of security for a PoS system and a protocol Hoskinson has advocated for years. However, Hoskinson’s response opened a can of worms, which later led to a heated debate between the Cardano founder and Van Ness along with other Ethereum developers
Hoskinson claimed that his ideas regarding the technical upgrades on the Ethereum network from 2014 still hold better than what the Ethereum network has upgraded to post Merge. Van Ness quickly reminded Hoskinson that he was fired from Ethereum within six months because of his poor behavior and lack of any significant technical contribution.
Related: Cardano Vasil upgrade ready with all ‘critical mass indicators’ achieved
Earlier on Monday, Hoskinson in a Tweet thread accused Ethereum developers of ignoring Ouroboros (a secure PoS blockchain and the first protocol to be based on peer-reviewed research) throughout the last five years. He also
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