Despite Rocky Beginnings with Hoskinson, Cardano Is Shaping Up to Have an Interesting Year

The Cardano blockchain ecosystem is one of the most exciting projects to currently follow, with new projects, advancements, and innovations being announced every single day. Yet, not everything that’s connected to this product is falling into a favorable light in the media. In fact, it has recently become apparent that those in-charge of Cardano might not be as honest as the public once thought. Charles Hoskinson, the creator and CEO of Cardano, has repeatedly tweeted about how he was enrolled in a Ph.D. program in Number Theory, but never finished it. However, crypto-journalist Laura Shin has recently brought to light, through interviews with Hoskinson’s undergraduate school and supposed Ph.D. program, that this isn’t actually the case. Hoskinson has never been involved in this Ph.D. program, with the university having no record of him. Equally disquieting is that it appears that Hoskinson never actually finished his undergraduate degree, further calling into question why he would lie about pursuing a Ph.D. program without actually progressing through a basic level of college. While Hoskinson has taken to Twitter to defend himself, after Laura Shin produced print screens of Hoskinson’s tweets where he explicitly stated that he attended a Ph.D. program, he has gone radio silent on this issue. It appears that the Cardano CEO is quickly trying to change the tides of conversation and have people forget about his public discrepanc...