Inside the crypto world's biggest scandal: how the Tezos story unfolded into a tragedy after raising $232M in the largest ICO at the time
Arthur and Kathleen Breitman thought they held the secret to building a new decentralized utopia. On the way, they plunged into a new kind of hell. Tweets: @henryfarrell , @wired , @lucas_lclc , @laurashin , @wired , and @pkafei Tweets: Henry Farrell / @henryfarrell : http://www.wired.com/... This by Gideon Lewis-Kraus is the best long read I've seen on the sociology of alt-coin. @wired : NEW ISSUE: When the Breitmans cofounded Tezos, a cryptocurrency platform, they thought they'd be lucky to even have a modest impact. To their surprise, Tezos went on to be the largest ICO to date. But that's when things began to fall apart http://www.wired.com/... http://twitter.com/... Lucas Betschart / @lucas_lclc : “The Breitmans got the impression he was a pillar of the community, and no further due diligence struck them as especially necessary.” - Don't trust, verify. http://twitter.com/... Laura Shin / @laurashin : Finally, some good, balanced reporting on Tezos! So far we've had skeptical scrutiny of one side and complete gullibility toward the other. Now we get similar scrutiny of the other side. Bravo to Gideon Lewis Kraus! http://www.wired.com/... @wired : When the Breitmans cofounded Tezos, a cryptocurrency platform, they thought they'd be lucky to even have a modest impact. To their surprise, Tezos went on to be the largest ICO to date. But that's when things began to fall apart http://www.wired.com/... Portia Burton / @pkafei : Great piece of journalism which highlights the human drama, and fraud inside of Tezos, and the ICO community at large. http://www.wired.com/...