World Of Warcraft nerf is to blame for the blockchain and resulting cryptocurrency he created.Spotted by PC Gamer, Buterin’s bio shares that World Of Warcraft is directly responsible for the Ethereum blockchain, which set off the Ether cryptocurrency and a large part of NFTs.To be precise, the exact moment was one day in 2010 when “Blizzard removed the damage component from my beloved Warlock’s Siphon Life spell.”Following the nerf, Buterin says he “cried myself to sleep” and, upon realising “what horrors centralised services can bring”, shortly quit Blizzard’s MMO.
Quitting World Of Warcraft left Buterin “searching for a new purpose in life”, which led him to Bitcoin and the eventual creation of Ethereum.
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