Ripple CTO lashes back at Vitalik Buterin for his dig at XRP

David Schwartz compared crypto miners in the Ethereum and Bitcoin ecosystems to shareholders of eBay, which he believes makes BTC and ETH securities as well.
Source: Ripple CTO lashes back at Vitalik Buterin for his dig at XRP (https://cointelegraph.com/news/ripple-cto-lashes-back-at-vitalik-buterin-for-his-dig-on-xrp)
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