Cardano founder and Ethereum co-founder Charles Hoskinson have come under scrutiny for allegedly faking his educational background. This comes after crypto-journalist Laura Shin revealed some significant facts about Hoskinson and his credentials in her latest book “The Cryptonians”.

In her book, Shin claimed that Hoskinson neither completed an undergraduate degree nor did he enrol for a PhD. She also made several allegations against him on social media.

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Hoskinson responded to the allegations on Twitter, calling the book a “great work of fiction”. Shin responded by asserting that Charles has made false claims about his education level.

She wrote on Twitter, “speaking of fiction, do you want to address the discrepancies between your claims of dropping out of a PhD program and the schools’ assertions that you were enrolled as an undergrad?”

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In 2018, Hoskinson has publicly claimed that he had finished his undergraduate degree in Number Theory at the University of Colorado Boulder (UCB) and the Metropolitan State University of Denver (MSUD). He also stated that he did not complete a PhD and will finish it after he retires. “I also studied a topic that has nothing to do with cryptocurrencies (Number Theory) any credentials there wouldn’t apply to protocol development or software engineering,” he said.

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According to Shin’s research Hoskinson joined the Metropolitan State University of Denver (MSUD) to study maths part-time from 2006-08. Later, he joined the University of Colorado, Boulder (UCB) in 2009-11 for an undergraduate course.

After contacting both universities, Shin found that MSUD does not offer a graduate math program and Hoskinson never finished his course at UCB.

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Shin’s book “The Cryptonians” recall the initial days of Ethereum and shows a vivid image of the power conflict between the leading shareholders of the project. “Sparks flew as these outsized personalities fought for their piece of a seemingly limitless new business opportunity,” writes Shin.

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Hoskinson’s departure from Ethereum is described in several accounts. According to some, he was responsible for his own ouster after going head-to-head with co-founder Vitalik Buterin regarding investment strategies, which eventually led to his bitter exit.