Cardano’s Hoskinson Counters “No Achievements” Claim
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A Cardano critic claimed the blockchain solution has no achievements. Charles Hoskinson debunked the critic’s “No Achievement” claim on Cardano. Hoskinson founded Cardano after his role as an Ethereum CEO. Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson is publicly challenging a recent assertion that the blockchain solution has failed to achieve anything significant. Hoskinson responded to a post on X, directly asking whether the critic’s statement about Cardano’s supposed lack of accomplishments over the years was a fair assessment. Why do you feel Cardano has no achievements? Is that really a fair statement? What basis are you making it? — Charles Hoskinson (@IOHK_Charles) March 26, 2025 The criticism from a crypto user appeared as a comment under a post that featured Hoskinson during his tenure as the CEO of Ethereum. Hoskinson, who was involved with Ethereum in 2014, had expressed admiration for the blockchain network at the time, famously referring to it as “Oil” in the cryptocurrency ecosystem, while positioning Bitcoin as “Gold.” Related: Charles Hoskinson Outlines Future of Cardano Network What Was Hoskinson’s Vision for Ethereum in 2014? According to Hoskinson, the original Ethereum founders innovatively combined a programming language with a blockchain foundation. They then built an additional layer on top of this primary blockchain, envisioning it as an operating system for the entire cryptocurrency space. Back in 2014, Hoskinson explained that Ethereum’s primary goal was to enable developers to easily install their applications on the Ethereum blockchain with a simple, one-click process. Interestingly, Hoskinson was quick to dismiss the notion of Ethereum being simply a “Bitcoin 2.0” during the interview. Instead, he described it as the next step in a series of experiments that the cryptocurrency world had been undertaking since Bitcoin’s creation in 2009. Hoskinson viewed Ethereum as providing the missing functionalities that the cryptocurrency ecosystem lacked in 2014.…
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