IOTA founder David Sønstebø buries hatchets, plots future in puzzling blog

IOTA founder David Sønstebø buries hatchets, plots future in puzzling blog

Addressing the community and board members, David Sønstebø reveals contradictory details about his split with the IOTA Foundation In a verbose and, at times, vituperative blog post published today, IOTA founder David Sønstebø seeks to “quench all concern” about his state of mind, assure the community that the “IF [IOTA Foundation] is not broke,” and hint at future plans for the ecosystem being hatched in collaboration with “investors, separate DLT-project leaders, community devs and others.” As Cointelegraph previously reported, in a December 11th announcement, the IOTA Foundation’s board....


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