The Unchained Podcast

A debate has surfaced online following claims that Cardano founder and Ethereum co-founder Charles Hoskinson may have fudged the specifics of his educational background. While the issue is hardly a major scandal, it concerns conflicting reports around whether Hoskinson dropped out of a Number Theory-focused Ph.D. program — as he suggested — or if he embellished the story. Crypto journalist and Unchained Podcast host Laura Shin suggested in her new book and on social media that he never finished an undergraduate degree or enrolled for a Ph.D. The dispute started on Sunday after a Twitter user stated they were reading Shin’s book “The Cryptopians” to get a rundown of the early days of Hoskinson and Cardano as reported in the book. Hoskinson responded to the post by stating: “Great work of fi...