{"id":393817,"date":"2022-01-14T05:31:47","date_gmt":"2022-01-14T02:31:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/vitalik-deluged-after-asking-for-the-most-unhinged-criticisms-about-him\/"},"modified":"2022-01-14T05:31:47","modified_gmt":"2022-01-14T02:31:47","slug":"vitalik-deluged-after-asking-for-the-most-unhinged-criticisms-about-him","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/vitalik-deluged-after-asking-for-the-most-unhinged-criticisms-about-him\/","title":{"rendered":"# Vitalik deluged after asking for the &#8216;most unhinged&#8217; criticisms about him"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;<strong># Vitalik deluged after asking for the &#8216;most unhinged&#8217; criticisms about him <\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"post-content\" data-v-128018ef>Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin asked for, and received in spades, examples of \u201cthe craziest and most unhinged criticisms\u201d of him on <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a> and elsewhere.<\/p>\n<p>Buterin\u2019s lighthearted request came in a Jan. 14 <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/VitalikButerin\/status\/1481737116514017282?s=20\">tweet<\/a> in which he shared some of his own favorite criticisms and revealed the Ethereum (ETH) creator\u2019s lighter side. More than 500 people responded in the first fifteen minutes, although most were in support of Buterin. At the time of writing his tweet had over 1,200 comments.<\/p>\n<p>Among the four criticisms Buterin posted was one from a user that said he \u201cLooks like an alien crackhead.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">What are the craziest and most unhinged criticisms of me you&#8217;ve seen on twitter or elsewhere? Here are a few good ones, I wonder what else people have seen that I haven&#8217;t! <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/2qvwgNkHyM\">pic.twitter.com\/2qvwgNkHyM<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 vitalik.eth (@VitalikButerin) <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/VitalikButerin\/status\/1481737116514017282?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 13, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\nVitalik\u2019s father Dmitry recalled a fairly unhinged conspiracy theory that he was <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BlockGeekDima\/status\/1481738314680094724?s=20\">actually<\/a> a Russian secret agent and that Russian President Vladimir Putin was behind the creation of Ethereum. <\/p>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.cointelegraph.com\/uploads\/2022-01\/91b10694-5186-465f-8f25-870f4e65d97f.PNG\"><\/figure>\n<p>Vitalik himself brought up how \u201c2 different Reddit trolls!\u201d had compared him to Hitler back in 2017 and shared a screenshot of the comparison in a <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/vitalikbuterin\/status\/830699480160796672\">tweet<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>Ethereum was an early example of an initial coin offerings (ICO) in the crypto space and has been one of the most successful with over 778,000% in gains since 2015. But to this day it is criticized for being a &#8220;centralized premine.&#8221; One user cited an unhinged take frequently seen during the 2017 ICO craze <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PhiMarHal\/status\/1481769795452346373\/photo\/1\">shows<\/a> the \u201cspider Vitalik ponzi\u201d\u00a0 and depicts Vitalik as the spider in charge of the Ethereum ponzi web.<\/p>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.cointelegraph.com\/uploads\/2022-01\/2caf0efb-26c9-4e37-8393-0f188f6de2e3.jpg\"><\/figure>\n<p>Not everything was a criticism, some users took the opportunity to share their favorite memes, including this joke that leans heavily on a pun. <\/p>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.cointelegraph.com\/uploads\/2022-01\/40c5fbd4-0c11-481f-874d-bb8734672413.PNG\"><\/figure>\n<p>Other users dusted off the classics, including this meme shared in a <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/malkofromspace\/status\/1481751266057506816?s=20\">comment<\/a> displaying an aged Buterin with a headline from a hypothetical <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news<\/a> show reading \u201cBreaking News: Ethereum 2.0 finally ships.\u201d Given how old the meme is, it\u2019s hard to say there isn\u2019t some truth to criticism over the length of time Eth2 is taking to ship.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.cointelegraph.com\/uploads\/2022-01\/e8c8078e-21c9-430a-92b7-c556cb71bbe6.jpg\"><\/figure>\n<p><strong><em>Related: <\/em><\/strong><strong><em>Industry players respond to Vitalik Buterin&#8217;s thoughts on cross-chain ecosystems<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>While the Twitter thread was about all the crazy criticisms Buterin has received over the years, most users who responded did so in jest. And ConsenSys alumnus John Lilic pointed out that despite all the criticism of Buterin, both real and comedic, he has \u201dbeen working to make the space better since almost day zero.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.cointelegraph.com\/uploads\/2022-01\/055d2f0c-be74-47bf-be6f-127f46baacf7.PNG\"><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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