Things took a turn for the better for the awkward genius when in 2013, he proposed the white paper for Ethereum, a decentralized, open-source blockchain featuring smart contract functionality. The project gained widespread traction almost immediately after its release, as is made evident by the fact that its development was entirely crowdfunded, and by mid-2015, the network had gone live with 72 million premined coins. Lastly, in addition to his work with Ethereum, the programmer, philosopher...

Things took a turn for the better for the awkward genius when in 2013, he proposed the white paper for Ethereum, a decentralized, open-source blockchain featuring smart contract functionality. The project gained widespread traction almost immediately after its release, as is made evident by the fact that its development was entirely crowdfunded, and by mid-2015, the network had gone live with 72 million premined coins. Lastly, in addition to his work with Ethereum, the programmer, philosopher...