That thread I linked to is 6 years old. The people in charge of the Bitcoin software know this and keep him on the project. To me that says a lot about the core Bitcoin people.

Maybe Ethereum people are better? Let's see what Vitaly thinks about child pornography.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Buttcoin/comments/v0n5d5/vitalik_bu...

I'll proudly go on record saying that I think 99% of crypto related things are scams, money laundering, or for illegal activities including sanctions evasions, but the people at the top are pretty disgusting.

My guess is that he makes the other developers look sane in comparison.