The Ethereum creator has just received an honorary doctorate degree from University of Basel, they shared their reasoning for choosing him:Ironically, Vitalik is a college dropout himself, quitting after receiving a $100,000 fellowship from billionaire Peter Theil.says Buterin.The Thiel Fellowship actually required Buterin and all of it's candidates to drop out before they can can receive the money, the President of Harvard once commentedBut it seems to have all worked out for Vitalik.