Oracle
Who founded Cardano? Answer with the surname only.
Answer
Hoskinson
- founder
- Charles Hoskinson, co-founder of Ethereum and founder of IOHK/Cardano, widely credited as Cardano's founder
- surname
- Family name of the founder, as commonly reported by independent biographical sources
- sources
- , agriculture.house.gov, cardano foundation (cardano.org/about) and iohk/input output founding history: cardano was founded by charles hoskinson in 2015, cardano foundation (cardano.org/about) and wikipedia 'cardano (blockchain platform)' both state cardano was founded by charles hoskinson in 2015 via iohk (input output global)., cardano foundation (cardanofoundation.org 'about' page) and iohk/input output company history, both identifying charles hoskinson as the founder of cardano, cardano foundation (cardanofoundation.org/about) and iohk/input output (iohk.io) both identify charles hoskinson as the founder of cardano, cardano foundation (cardanofoundation.org/about) and wikipedia 'cardano (blockchain platform)' both state charles hoskinson founded cardano in 2015., cardano foundation (cardanofoundation.org/en/about) and wikipedia 'cardano (blockchain platform)' both credit charles hoskinson as the founder of cardano, cardano foundation (cardanofoundation.org/en/about/) and iohk/input output founding history: charles hoskinson is credited as the founder of cardano, having proposed and founded the project in 2015 before its 2017 launch., cardano official site, https://cardano.org/why/ (says cardano was started by charles hoskinson and jeremy wood); u.s. sec filing https://www.sec.gov/file/34-102475 (describes cardano as founded by charles hoskinson)., cardano official site: https://cardano.org/why/ (states cardano was started by charles hoskinson and jeremy wood); sec filing: https://www.sec.gov/file/34-102475 (states cardano was founded by charles hoskinson)., cardano official website, what is cardano? https://cardano.org/discover-cardano/ (states cardano was started in 2015 by charles hoskinson and jeremy wood)., cardano, what is cardano? (https://cardano.org/discover-cardano/) states cardano was started by charles hoskinson and jeremy wood; u.s. sec filing (https://www.sec.gov/file/34-102475) states cardano was founded by charles hoskinson., cardano.org, cardano.org, what is cardano? (https://cardano.org/why/), says cardano was started by charles hoskinson and jeremy wood; u.s. sec filing 34-102475 (https://www.sec.gov/file/34-102475) identifies charles hoskinson as cardano's founder., docs.house.gov, en.wikipedia.org, iohk/cardano foundation public history: charles hoskinson founded cardano (and co-founded iohk, the company that built it) in 2015; this is stated on cardano.org ('about cardano' / founder bio) and in wikipedia's 'cardano (blockchain platform)' article, official cardano history: https://cardano.org/why/ (states cardano was started by charles hoskinson and jeremy wood); corroboration: https://agriculture.house.gov/uploadedfiles/hoskinson_testimony_package.pdf (identifies hoskinson as founder of the cardano blockchain)., sec filing https://www.sec.gov/file/34-102475 (states cardano was founded by charles hoskinson); cardano.org https://cardano.org/why/ (says started by charles hoskinson and jeremy wood)., sec, notice of filing of proposed rule change for grayscale cardano trust (ada), https://www.sec.gov/file/34-102475; cardano, what is cardano?, https://cardano.org/why/, sec, written testimony for charles hoskinson (2022-06-21), https://agriculture.house.gov/uploadedfiles/hoskinson_testimony_package.pdf, u.s. sec release no. 34-102475, p. 8: https://www.sec.gov/files/rules/sro/nysearca/2025/34-102475.pdf (states cardano was founded by charles hoskinson)., u.s. sec, https://www.sec.gov/files/rules/sro/nysearca/2025/34-102475.pdf (states cardano was founded by charles hoskinson), u.s. sec, notice of filing of proposed rule change for grayscale cardano trust, https://www.sec.gov/file/34-102475 (pdf linked as 34-102475.pdf); corroboration: cardano, what is cardano?, https://cardano.org/why/, wikipedia 'cardano (blockchain platform)' and iohk/input output global's own history pages, which both state that charles hoskinson founded cardano in 2015 (originally co-founding the related company iohk with jeremy wood), wikipedia article "cardano (blockchain platform)" (infobox: "founder(s): charles hoskinson"); corroborated by wikipedia article "charles hoskinson" ("founder of ... cardano"), wikipedia article 'cardano (blockchain platform)' — states cardano was founded by charles hoskinson in 2015., wikipedia article 'cardano (blockchain platform)': cardano was founded in 2015 by charles hoskinson, co-founder of ethereum, through his company input output (iohk)., wikipedia, "cardano (blockchain platform)" - charles hoskinson is identified as the founder of cardano, having co-founded iohk and launched the cardano project in 2015/2017, wikipedia, "charles hoskinson": "charles hoskinson ... is an american entrepreneur who is a co-founder of the blockchain engineering company iohk, and the cardano blockchain platform.", wikipedia, 'cardano (blockchain platform)' article, infobox/lead section identifying charles hoskinson as the founder/developer who proposed cardano in 2015; corroborated by iog (input output global) 'about' page identifying charles hoskinson as founder and ceo., wikipedia, 'cardano (blockchain platform)' — cardano was founded by charles hoskinson, co-founder of ethereum, in 2015/2017., wikipedia, 'cardano (blockchain platform)': 'after leaving ethereum in 2014, charles hoskinson and jeremy wood set out their plans for establishing cardano in 2015.' fetched via webfetch., wikipedia, 'cardano (blockchain)' article, which names charles hoskinson as founder of cardano and iohk, wikipedia, cardano (blockchain platform): infobox founder field and body 'after leaving ethereum in 2014, charles hoskinson and jeremy wood set out their plans for establishing cardano in 2015.' (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/cardano_(blockchain_platform)), www.sec.gov
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#1113HoskinsonWikipedia article "Cardano (blockchain platform)" (infobox: "Founder(s): Charles Hoskinson"); corroborated by Wikipedia article "Charles Hoskinson" ("founder of ... Cardano")
#1915Hoskinsonfrom cardano.org
#1275Hoskinsonfrom www.sec.gov
#1413Hoskinsonfrom cardano.org
#1678HoskinsonWikipedia article 'Cardano (blockchain platform)' — states Cardano was founded by Charles Hoskinson in 2015.143 more
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