From BitShares to his central role during the inception of Ethereum Charles Hoskinson has continually influenced key projects in the blockchain and cryptocurrency space. After departing the Ethereum project in 2014, he has recently stepped back into the limelight by pledging support and resources to turn the fledgling Ethereum fork ETC into a viable project.

Charles joined us together with Alex Chepurnoy, a developer at his company IOHK. Besides Ethereum Classic, we talked about IOHK and Scorex, IOHK’s modular blockchain framework project that Alex Chepurnoy has been leading.

Topics covered in this episode:

The vision and activities of IOHK
Scorex: A Modular Blockchain Framework
Conflicts of vision that lead to Charles’ departure as original CEO of Ethereum in 2014
Why the hard fork broken Ethereum’s social contract
Why ETC should differentiate and find its own path
The role governance could play in ETC’s future

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This episode is hosted by Brian Fabian Crain and Meher Roy. Show notes and listening options: epicenter.tv/144

Alex Chepurnoy & Charles Hoskinson: IOHK, Scorex and the Case for Ethereum Classic