In a recent development within the crypto world, Charles Hoskinson, co-founder of Cardano (ADA), clashed with members of the Ripple community.

This followed an "Ask Me Anything" (AMA) session on his YouTube channel, in which he expressed dissatisfaction with the treatment of cryptocurrencies other than Bitcoin (BTC).

Charles Hoskinson GOES OFF on SEC & Bitcoin getting a pass while Cardano $ADA & crypto has to suffer. 👇 pic.twitter.com/Vm1u9jGrIr
— Altcoin Daily (@AltcoinDailyio) November 27, 2023

Members of the XRP community accused Hoskinson of hypocrisy. One user, identified as Mr. Huber, accused Hoskinson of ridiculing the XRP community and pointed to videos in which Hoskinson criticized XRP.

I'm sorry, @IOHK_Charles , but for two years you did everything you could to make the #XRPcommunity to look ridiculous and embarrass us in public. I know you offered peace, but only to come out of nowhere and call us crazy conspiracy theorist again. No look at you. It's funny… https://t.co/WbjUH6hK0Q pic.twitter.com/bahxaR49sr
— Mr. Huber🔥🦅🔥 (@Leerzeit) November 28, 2023

Mr. Huber claimed on the platform X (formerly Twitter) that Hoskinson publicly mocked Ripple fans for two years. Despite Hoskinson's attempts to make peace, he continued to label the XRP community as "crazy conspiracy thinkers," according to Huber, which generated much anger. Huber also accused Hoskinson of downplaying corruption surrounding Ethereum co-founder Joseph Lubin.

Hoskinson responded by denying the allegations. He stated that he was not involved in defamation against Lubin and that the SEC did not accuse Lubin of bribery. He emphasized the lack of evidence for the allegations that ConsenSys (the company behind Ethereum) bribed the SEC to investigate XRP. Hoskinson reiterated that the harassment from the XRP community was unfounded. This situation revives old tensions between Hoskinson and the XRP community. Hoskinson stated in December 2022 that he did not want to talk about Ripple's blockchain business and the XRP token because of previous allegations of bias.