Charles Hoskinson is an American mathematician and crypto entrepreneur best known as the founder of the Cardano blockchain and a co‑founder of Ethereum.coinmarketcap+1
Background
- Hoskinson is a Colorado‑based technology entrepreneur with a background in mathematics, having studied analytic number theory before moving into cryptography and blockchain.event.technologyreview+1
- He became involved with Bitcoin in the early 2010s, leaving a consulting job in 2013 to focus fully on cryptocurrencies and launch educational initiatives like the Bitcoin Education Project.wikipedia+2
Role in Ethereum
- Hoskinson was one of the original co‑founders of Ethereum and briefly served as its CEO in the project’s early days.bitstamp+2
- He left Ethereum in 2014 after strategic disagreements over whether Ethereum should be run as a for‑profit company or a nonprofit foundation.beincrypto+2
Cardano and IOHK
- After leaving Ethereum, he co‑founded IOHK (Input Output Hong Kong, now Input Output Global), a company focused on building cryptocurrencies and blockchain infrastructure for governments, enterprises, and academic partners.finst+2
- Hoskinson is the creator and key architect of Cardano, a proof‑of‑stake blockchain platform whose native cryptocurrency is ADA, designed with an emphasis on scalability, security, and peer‑reviewed research.coinmarketcap+3
Other Contributions
- He co‑founded several crypto projects and organizations, including Invictus Innovations and BitShares, an early decentralized exchange platform.bitstamp+2
- Hoskinson has been active in industry education, serving as founding chairman of the Bitcoin Foundation’s education committee and helping establish the Cryptocurrency Research Group in 2013.beincrypto+1
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Hoskinson
- https://coinmarketcap.com/academy/people/charles-hoskinson
- https://www.bitstamp.net/en-gb/learn/people-profiles/charles-hoskinson/
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_DZgdAUGXug
- https://beincrypto.com/learn/charles-hoskinson-guide/
- https://finst.com/en/learn/articles/who-is-charles-hoskinson
- https://event.technologyreview.com/emtech-mit-2021/speaker/297477/charles-hoskinson
- https://x.com/iohk_charles
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-uDyayV-1O8
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/charleshoskinson