{"id":9273,"date":"2026-08-01T02:18:32","date_gmt":"2026-07-31T23:18:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/handoli.com\/index.php\/2026\/08\/01\/where-are-the-ethereum-founders-11-years-after-the-genesis-block\/"},"modified":"2026-08-01T02:18:32","modified_gmt":"2026-07-31T23:18:32","slug":"where-are-the-ethereum-founders-11-years-after-the-genesis-block","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/handoli.com\/index.php\/2026\/08\/01\/where-are-the-ethereum-founders-11-years-after-the-genesis-block\/","title":{"rendered":"Where are the Ethereum founders 11 years after the genesis block?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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On July 30, 2015, the Genesis Block for the Ethereum protocol was mined.<\/a><\/p>\n

The chain has become the second most important blockchain in the cryptocurrency ecosystem and has reached a market capitalization of over $230 billion, according to CoinGecko. Needless to say, its eight official founders have each profited greatly.<\/p>\n

To honor this anniversary, Protos has taken a look at what they\u2019re still publicly working on.<\/p>\n

Vitalik Buterin<\/h2>\n

Vitalik Buterin is perhaps the individual most strongly identified with the Ethereum project, serving as its sincere and awkward spokesperson and guiding light.<\/p>\n

Unlike many of the other founders, he\u2019s continued to work deeply on the Ethereum project, even remaining deeply involved with the Ethereum Foundation.<\/p>\n

This makes him a frequent target of criticism, as many traders have been frustrated with what they see as the Ethereum Foundation not doing enough to support<\/a> the project, or at least the price of the project.<\/p>\n

Anthony Di Iorio<\/h2>\n

Anythony Di Iorio is one of the only co-founders to try to find an exit from the crypto ecosystem.<\/p>\n

In 2021 he told Bloomberg<\/a><\/em>, while he was trying to sell his cryptocurrency accelerator, that he doesn\u2019t \u201cfeel necessarily safe in this space\u201d and stated that crypto is \u201creally a small percentage of what the world needs.\u201d<\/p>\n

However, exiting isn\u2019t always easy or clean. He\u2019s since founded a firm called Andiami, which claims to be \u201cbuilding the tools to power the decentralized future.\u201d<\/p>\n

That project hasn\u2019t posted on X since early 2023, or to its YouTube, Instagram, or blog since 2022, suggesting that it may be making slow progress on that stated goal.<\/p>\n

Charles Hoskinson<\/h2>\n

Charles Hoskinson saw what Ethereum was doing and immediately thought that a different chain would be the solution to the problems that he saw.<\/p>\n

He\u2019d go on to found Cardano.<\/p>\n

Hoskinson has also attempted non-crypto projects like his failed<\/a> Hoskinson Health and Wellness Clinic.<\/p>\n

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Year-to-date, Ethereum has lost 36% of its value to Cardano\u2019s 55%.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Cardano has underperformed Ethereum substantially year-to-date. Ethereum has lost approximately 36% of its value, and Cardano has lost approximately 55%.<\/p>\n

Hoskinson\u2019s time at Ethereum was controversial and he was eventually forced out. According to Laura Shin\u2019s Cryptopians,<\/em> he\u2019d make extraordinary claims, even implying he was Satoshi Nakamoto.<\/p>\n

Mihai Alisie<\/h2>\n

Mihai Alisie was the founder of Bitcoin Magazine, where Buterin also worked before founding Ethereum.<\/p>\n

Alisie\u2019s LinkedIn still describes<\/a> them as the founder of the AKASHA Project.<\/p>\n

Unfortunately though, that foundation closed<\/a> down several months ago.<\/p>\n

Amir Chetrit<\/h2>\n

Amir Chetrit was the founder of Colored Coins before joining Ethereum.<\/p>\n

His time at Ethereum was controversial; he and Hoskinson were eventually forced out in what Laura Shin called \u201cGame of Thrones Day.\u201d<\/p>\n

Since then, Chetrit has reportedly<\/a> continued working in crypto but with a low profile.<\/p>\n

Joseph Lubin<\/h2>\n

Joseph Lubin has been one of the most entrepreneurial of the Ethereum co-founders, most prominently through ConsenSys.<\/p>\n

ConsenSys has been a central player in the crypto ecosystem, being involved with the MetaMask wallet and the Infura infrastructure for Ethereum.<\/p>\n

The SEC had previously sued ConsenSys over MetaMask, but this suit was dropped<\/a> during the second Trump administration.<\/p>\n

Gavin Wood<\/h2>\n

Gavin Wood started as a Bitcoin developer before joining Ethereum.<\/p>\n

He then went on to form Parity Technologies, which released the Parity client, and launched the Polkadot network, meant to be a \u201cparachain\u201d connecting various blockchains.<\/p>\n

Jeffrey Wilcke<\/h2>\n

Jeffrey Wilcke keeps a low profile.<\/p>\n

He worked on Mastercoin before joining Ethereum and helped create the Geth (Go Ethereum) client.<\/p>\n

Since then, he\u2019s founded Grid Games with his brother, though when we tried to access its website, it timed out.<\/p>\n

Broadly, many of the founders who started this so-called \u201cworld computer\u201d have moved on from it.<\/p>\n

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