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.