The cryptosphere is full of fire and ego. The space is literally made up of financial rebels, and they may or may not be bent on taking over the world. Hopefully these feuds are just in the spirit of competition and no one is really planning on running anyone over with their Lambos.

S o what are the biggest rivalries in crypto?

Justin Sun vs Vitalik Buterin

Justin Sun is a big fan of self promotion, teasing announcements, and creating buzz. He also likes to tell people that his Tron is faster and better than Ethereum.

Ethereum’s Vitalik Buterin doesn’t just let these jabs slide.

When Sun listed 7 reasons why Tron was better than Ethereum on Twitter, Buterin came back with quip alluding to Tron’s plagiarism accusations.

“8. Better white paper writing capability (Ctrl+C + Ctrl+V much higher efficiency than keyboard typing new content)”

Buterin will also go on the offensive unprovoked like when he told the Twitter’s rabbid crypto fans not to spin news, basically calling Sun a hype machine.

“Guys, if you spin things this way you’re *incentivizing* people to act more like @justinsuntron”

Edge goes to the edgelord, Vitalik.

Charles Hoskinson vs Dan Larimer

This feud started when Larimer called out the claim by Hoskinson and IOHK that Cardano boasted the first provably secure proof-of-stake algorithm.

At another point Larimer made a comment inferring that Hoskinson had a big ego.

“Our centralized network has achieved the average performance of fabric and half that of ripple … yea! Totally makes selling our souls worth it! Oh EOS, you’re the court jester of blockchain.”

“I don’t care. He lost all credibility when he accused my scientists of plagiarism. There is no greater insult in the academic world. He’s trash. His tech is trash. His ecosystem is built on lies and greed.”

Most recently, Hoskinson ridiculed EOS and their unfavorable benchmark testing results, which found the protocol to not actually be a blockchain.

These guys will continue to pick at each other for sure, but Hoskinson has dealt the sharper blows thus far.

John McAfee vs uh…everyone

McAfee’s feuds extend far beyond crypto. Not to long ago he was hospitalized for what he told us was an assassination attempt via poisoning. He seems to have beef everywhere, and in the crypto world it’s no different.

HitBTC

McAfee says HitBTC is a corrupt, fraudulent entity, and has repeatedly called for a boycott of the exchange.

The SEC

Rules and regulations don’t go over well with John McAfee. First he declared war on the SEC, and later he was bunkered down, holed up, hiding from the Feds. The SEC did not react well to Mcafee telling his social media followers to “flood” the commission with complaints on their crypto policies.

The SEC leads this one, forcing McAfee to quit the ICO promotion game. But maybe McAfee can land some haymakers against American politics when he runs for president in 2020.

Craig Wright vs the Whole Crypto Community

Craig Wright seems to have rubbed a lot of people the wrong way.

Bitmain’s leader Jihan Will once called Craig Wright faketoshi, and it kind of stuck. Once the hashtag #faketoshi was going around, you knew it was on.

It started because of Wright’s claims that he was the true identity of the famous Satoshi Nakamoto, Bitcoin’s creator.

“He’s a fraud. Why give this guy a platform?”

-Charlie Lee

“So given that he makes so many nonsensical mistakes, why is he – why is this fraud allowed to speak at this conference?”

-Vitalik Buterin

“Just finished a panel here. Faketoshi was on it. I wouldn’t have attended had I known. I do not endorse frauds”

-Charles Hoskinson

But Wright doesn’t go without getting his shots in too. He once referred to Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin as Bevis and is often heard calling competing crypto projects pseudoscience and their ideas flawed and naive.

Whether he is Satoshi or not, he sure is a fire starter.

New York vs Crypto Exchanges

Kraken’s CEO Jesse Powell compared New York crypto regulators to a crazy Ex

“NY is that abusive, controlling ex you broke up with 3 years ago but they keep stalking you, throwing shade on your new relationships, unable to accept that you have happily moved on and are better off without them. #getoverit”

The New York Attorney General accused Kraken and Binance of operating illegally in the state and has been long known as harsh grounds for the crypto community.

Regulators in New York have called to question the integrity of many exchanges and have some tin foil hat wearing crypto fans thinking they’re motivated to protect Wall Street’s interests va the rebels and their confounded digital currencies.

The regulators in New York might “win” some early rounds, but are they ultimately hurting the city’s chance to be a leader in an emerging industry?

Black eyes

There’s a lot of contention in the cryptocurrency space, and it’s definitely off-putting to some investors. Luckily, the decentralization part means these guys do plan on taking a backseat eventually, so the feuds they carry on won’t tank anyone’s portfolio.