Ethereum’s Vitalik Buterin on ‘Zombie’ BitTorrent Under Justin Sun Dictatorship
Ethereum’s Vitalik Buterin lamented what he regards as an example of the “Justin Sun dictatorship,” after the TRON (TRX) founder was implicated in yet another plagiarism controversy. Ethereum creator Vitalik Buterin chimed in on the dispute, decrying the zombification of BitTorrent under the leadership of Justin Sun:
“This tweet is honestly painful to read.
Justin Sun’s reach grows
Justin Sun’s initial foray into the cryptocurrency space with Tron (TRX) was met with similar controversy after sections of the Tron whitepaper were shown to have been lifted wholesale from those of Ethereum, Filecoin and IPFS’s BitSwap. Buterin defended his use of the word dictatorship by pointing to a tweet thread from March which highlighted Tron’s recent takeover of Steemit:
In the months since Sun acquired Steemit, yet more accusations have been leveled at the Tron creator, including charges of outright bribery and large scale censorship.