MakerDAO Founder Claims “Absolutely Zero” Obligation to DAO Investors In Interview

MakerDAO Founder Claims “Absolutely Zero” Obligation to DAO Investors In Interview

We sat down recently with Rune Christensen, the founder of MakerDAO, to discuss The DAO’s collapse and the implications it will have for Ethereum and Cryptocurrency moving forward after the soft fork. He expresses doubts at the notion that the Ethereum community holds any obligation to The DAO and other interesting viewpoints from security to hard-fork consensus. Rune Has Faith in Ethereum, Not The DAO. So Rune, Can you give Us a little bit of background on Yourself, On Maker, and the Situation The DAO’s Collapse has put Maker in? “I’m the founder of Maker, which is an ethereum based DAO....


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