Vitalik Buterin Slept On Ripple CTO’s Couch Before Creating Ethereum, David Schwartz Reveals

Ripple CTO Emeritus David Schwartz revealed at Ripple Swell that Ripple almost brought Vitalik Buterin on board before he created Ethereum. In the company's earliest days, a young Buterin reached out to then-CTO Stefan Thomas, and Ripple wanted to hire him, but he went on to found Ethereum.