How Ethereum’s Founder Donated $1.6bn to Charity from a Dogecoin Alternative

The unlikely story of Vitalik Buterin, SHIBs, DOGE and a cheap laptop from Target

Photo by DrawKit Illustrations on Unsplash

Over two days in early May 2021 Vitalik Buterin, the founder of Ethereum, donated $1.6bn of the Dogecoin rip off Shiba Inu to various charities and burned a further $6.3bn. This is how and why he did…