Who are the founders of Ethereum?

The project was publicly announced in January 2014, with the core team consisting of Buterin, Alisie, Anthony Di Iorio, Charles Hoskinson, Joe Lubin and Gavin Wood. Buterin also presented Ethereum on stage at a Bitcoin conference in Miami.

Is Ethereum a 'techno-optimism'?

Ethereum founder Vitalik Buterin has revealed his own brand of "techno-optimism" that will use bitcoin and crypto to help build a decentralized AI that emphasizes security and privacy... Vitalik Buterin cites the combination of digital wallets and artificial intelligence as a locus for innovation and I have to say that I agree with him.

What happened to the Ethereum co-founders?

They never did sign the document incorporating Ethereum, which is what had brought them there in the first place—the blockchain platform remains a non-profit. Instead, two stepped down from their active roles. But, from that point on, all eight were enshrined as co-founders of a startup which is now worth a cool $27 billion.