Close Menu
  • Coins
    • Bitcoin
    • Ethereum
    • Altcoins
    • NFT
  • Blockchain
  • DeFi
  • Metaverse
  • Regulation
  • Other
    • Exchanges
    • ICO
    • GameFi
    • Mining
    • Legal
  • MarketCap
What's Hot

RQD* raises $74M, Fasset gets $68M

16/09/2026

XRP Ledger Rolls Out Major 3.3.0 Upgrade: Details

16/09/2026

IMF Warns of Risks in Nigeria’s Stablecoin Market

16/09/2026
Facebook X (Twitter) Instagram
  • Back to NBTC homepage
  • Privacy Policy
  • Contact
X (Twitter) Telegram Facebook LinkedIn RSS
NBTC News
  • Coins
    1. Bitcoin
    2. Ethereum
    3. Altcoins
    4. NFT
    5. View All

    Is a Massive Bitcoin Dip Ahead?

    16/09/2026

    Bitcoin price slips under $64K as Middle East tensions and China’s Kimi K3 launch rattle markets

    16/09/2026

    Bitcoin Covered Call Strategy Could Yield 22% Annualized Return in Sideways Market

    16/09/2026

    A bitcoin ‘volmageddon’ may be brewing, key indicator suggests

    16/09/2026

    Ethereum rallies after CPI, but ETH sellers reclaim $2.5K – What changed?

    16/09/2026

    Almost Best Ethereum Q3 in History? ETH on the Edge of Record

    15/09/2026

    Ethereum price eyes $3,000 as supply tightens – Can ETH break out?

    15/09/2026

    Ethereum’s $3,000 Push Signals Anomalous Shiba Inu (SHIB) Netflow Across Tier-1 Exchanges

    15/09/2026

    XRP Ledger Rolls Out Major 3.3.0 Upgrade: Details

    16/09/2026

    Chainlink Buys Back $1.1M in LINK, Strengthens Reserve Position

    16/09/2026

    Shiba Inu Burn Rate Reverses Sharply as Daily Burns Fall to Just $33 Worth of SHIB

    16/09/2026

    Early Ethereum Investor Spends $9.1M to Accumulate LIT Token

    16/09/2026

    Pixelmon shuts down game development after inconclusive publisher test

    15/09/2026

    NFT sales rise 6.8% to $46.8M as Bitcoin trades surge

    12/09/2026

    NFT sales surge 55.6% as BNB Chain overtakes Ethereum for first time

    06/09/2026

    OpenSea Users Demand ETH/USD Switcher Amid Frustration

    05/09/2026

    RQD* raises $74M, Fasset gets $68M

    16/09/2026

    XRP Ledger Rolls Out Major 3.3.0 Upgrade: Details

    16/09/2026

    IMF Warns of Risks in Nigeria’s Stablecoin Market

    16/09/2026

    Uniswap’s Stock Token Volume on Robinhood Chain Surpasses $1.5B in Six Weeks

    16/09/2026
  • Blockchain

    Pyth Network Launches Six Constant Maturity Futures Indices

    16/09/2026

    BNBCHAIN Unveils Transaction Workflow Using uAgents

    16/09/2026

    Hedera Launches AI Agent for Transaction Creation as Market

    16/09/2026

    Dragonfly managing partner, Uniswap founder defend Robinhood Chain from short-term critics

    16/09/2026

    Dawn Internet Launches USD.infra Vault on Solana

    16/09/2026
  • DeFi

    Balancer eyes wind-down after restructuring fails to revive revenue

    16/09/2026

    Uniswap’s Latest AMM Design Gains Traction as Ethereum

    16/09/2026

    USDC.e and WETH Now Live on Neo X, Powered by Chainlink CCIP

    16/09/2026

    Aave TVL jumps 13.7% to $27.4B as loans hit $11.7B

    16/09/2026

    PancakeSwap Announces Infinity as Default Platform

    16/09/2026
  • Metaverse

    Is Solana Gaming Back? Kintara Activity Fuels Renewed Optimism in Onchain MMOs

    24/06/2026

    The Sandbox launches AI game engine ‘The Sandbox Studio’ for next-generation creators

    10/06/2026

    Meta commits $13M in funding for Oversight Board through 2028

    29/05/2026

    Why Animoca’s Yat Siu says the future is 100 billion AI agents

    07/05/2026

    ‘8,000 Jobs’—Polymarket Sees Tech Layoff Surge As Meta AI Push Bites

    18/04/2026
  • Regulation

    RQD* raises $74M, Fasset gets $68M

    16/09/2026

    Crypto ETFs appeared to hit $10B in hours, but filing data exposes where that money really came from

    16/09/2026

    What It Means for Credit, Markets and Crypto Investors

    16/09/2026

    Tokenized deposits could drain $580 billion from U.S. bank lending and nobody in crypto is talking about it

    16/09/2026

    Sberbank to Accept Bitcoin, Ethereum, and USDT as Loan Collateral Under New Russian Crypto Rules

    16/09/2026
  • Other
    1. Exchanges
    2. ICO
    3. GameFi
    4. Mining
    5. Legal
    6. View All

    Uniswap’s Stock Token Volume on Robinhood Chain Surpasses $1.5B in Six Weeks

    16/09/2026

    Korbit to Shut Down Web3 Wallet Service on Dec. 31 — Users Urged to Move Assets Now

    16/09/2026

    $96M Trump-linked USD1 transfer trail puts Binance concentration back in focus

    16/09/2026

    South Korean crypto exchanges delist hundreds of altcoins, raising investor loss concerns

    16/09/2026

    ICO market slows sharply with only six completions in 2026

    30/04/2026

    South Korea Poised to Lift Ban on Domestic ICOs After 7 Years

    19/12/2025

    Why 2025’s Token Boom Looks Both Familiar and Dangerous

    31/10/2025

    ICO for bitcoin yield farming chain Corn screams we’re so back

    22/01/2025

    Top 12 NFT games every player should know about in August 2026

    19/08/2026

    GameShame Studios founder details Raijin Protocol’s roadmap in NeoPod’s sixth AMA

    13/08/2026

    How BC.GAME is turning players into stakeholders

    04/08/2026

    YGG Play Shuts Down Services as Yield Guild Pivots to AI Data

    01/08/2026

    More Bitcoin miners completely exit hashrate lane as AI, HPC cash continues to flow

    16/09/2026

    Bitcoin needs to reach $82,900 to outrun a looming miner margin squeeze

    15/09/2026

    Bitcoin Miners Find Their Power Is Worth More to AI

    15/09/2026

    Bitdeer secures 10-year AI data center deal in Malaysia

    15/09/2026

    IMF Warns of Risks in Nigeria’s Stablecoin Market

    16/09/2026

    Why Regulation in Financial Infrastructure Is Speeding Up Europe’s Modernization

    16/09/2026

    CryptoUK Announces Removal of Fungibility Exception in FCA

    16/09/2026

    Could the TDS Framework Feature in Review?

    16/09/2026

    RQD* raises $74M, Fasset gets $68M

    16/09/2026

    XRP Ledger Rolls Out Major 3.3.0 Upgrade: Details

    16/09/2026

    IMF Warns of Risks in Nigeria’s Stablecoin Market

    16/09/2026

    Uniswap’s Stock Token Volume on Robinhood Chain Surpasses $1.5B in Six Weeks

    16/09/2026
  • MarketCap
NBTC News
Home»Ethereum»‘Vitalik Slept On My Couch & Copied My Inventions’ Ethereum Insider Says
Ethereum

‘Vitalik Slept On My Couch & Copied My Inventions’ Ethereum Insider Says

NBTCBy NBTC15/11/2023No Comments3 Mins Read
Share
Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Email


An Ethereum insider has made startling allegations against Ethereum Founder, Vitalik Buterin, stating that the Russian inventor had copied his creations. 

Nerayoff Accuses Buterin Of Invention Replication

Former Ethereum Advisor, Steven Nerayoff has taken to X (formerly Twitter) to accuse Ethereum Founder, Vitalik Buterin of copying his inventions. Nerayoff criticized the intelligence of the current Ethereum leadership, making contentious remarks about Buterin and co-founder of Ethereum, Joseph Lubin.

“Vitalik slept on my couch & copied my inventions. He and SBF are images. They’re not smart because something seems off, something is off. The recording shows his and Joe’s stupidity and ignorance. Hear who understood Ethereum, me or them,” Nerayoff stated. 

The former ETH Advisor continued on his tirade of allegations, casting doubts on Buterin’s contributions to the network. He stated that Buterin had never invented anything substantial and that the ETH founder was the sole reason behind the network never scaling. 

The accusations also suggested that the only significant achievement in the Ethereum ecosystem was the issuance of utility tokens on ICOs, which Nerayoff claimed he had invented. 

Nerayoff also made startling revelations, accusing Buterin and Lubin of deliberately damaging the cryptocurrency by focusing on issuing fraudulent ICOs to unsuspecting investors and potentially harming them. 

“Did Vitalik invent anything? No, he did not. Ethereum never scaled bc of him. The only killer app was issuing Utility Tokens on ICOs, both of which I invented. Vitalik & Lubin sabotaged crypto. Their focus was merely to issue hundreds or thousands of fraudulent ICOs fleecing people,” Nerayoff stated. 

Ethereum Founder’s Scalability Competence Questioned

In an X post on Tuesday, Stephen Nerayoff presented thought-provoking questions to the crypto community about Vitalik Buterin’s Ethereum scalability capabilities. 

Nerayoff released a video on X by a community member, Mr. Huber which featured Vitalik Buterin describing plans for the ETH Network. He told the crypto community to remember the video when he eventually released evidential recordings of his conversation with Buterin about his ideas for ETH 2.0. 

“Remember this video when I drop the recording and what I tell Vitalik about 2.0 and to fix misaligned incentive structures. Is Vitalik the savior they bill him as to make Ethereum scale or is he the reason it never scaled? Decide for yourselves,” Nerayoff stated. 

The question raised by the former ETH Advisor has sparked debates and differing opinions about the Ethereum Founders. Although no proper evidence has been presented regarding the accusations laid against Buterin, the crypto community continues to watch and analyze the situation as it unfolds. 

ETH bulls reclaim $2,000 | Source: ETHUSD on Tradingview.com

Featured image from CryptoSlate, chart from Tradingview.com

Share. Facebook Twitter Pinterest LinkedIn Tumblr Email
NBTC

NBTC is the editorial account for NBTC News, covering Bitcoin, Ethereum, DeFi, blockchain infrastructure, exchanges, mining, regulation and digital asset markets. The editorial team focuses on clear sourcing, timely updates and practical context for crypto readers.

Related Posts

Ethereum rallies after CPI, but ETH sellers reclaim $2.5K – What changed?

16/09/2026

Almost Best Ethereum Q3 in History? ETH on the Edge of Record

15/09/2026

Ethereum price eyes $3,000 as supply tightens – Can ETH break out?

15/09/2026

Ethereum’s $3,000 Push Signals Anomalous Shiba Inu (SHIB) Netflow Across Tier-1 Exchanges

15/09/2026
Add A Comment

Comments are closed.

Top Posts
Get Informed

Subscribe to Updates

Get the latest news from NBTC regarding crypto, blockchains and web3 related topics.

Your source for the serious news. This website is crafted specifically to for crazy and hot cryptonews. Visit our main page for more tons of news.

We're social. Connect with us:

Facebook X (Twitter) LinkedIn RSS
Top Insights

RQD* raises $74M, Fasset gets $68M

16/09/2026

XRP Ledger Rolls Out Major 3.3.0 Upgrade: Details

16/09/2026

IMF Warns of Risks in Nigeria’s Stablecoin Market

16/09/2026
Get Informed

Subscribe to Updates

Get the latest news from NBTC regarding crypto, blockchains and web3 related topics.

Type above and press Enter to search. Press Esc to cancel.