Charles Hoskinson Reacts to John McAfee’s X Account Suddenly Reactivated

The X account of the late crypto influencer John McAfee has published a tweet, assuring that it is not a hack and promising “more information forthcoming.”

The crypto community immediately reacted to this with Cardano creator Charles Hoskinson among them.

Cardano founder calls McAfee tweet “dubious AI crypto scam”

McAfee’s X account suddenly got reactivated and published a tweet, saying: “John’s account has not been hacked. This is the real deal. More information forthcoming.”

Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson immediately reacted with pure sarcasm in his comment. He welcomed McAfee back, saying that he was missed but referring to the new person behind the account as “a crude simulacra” of his former glory.

Welcome back, John. It’s good to hear from you again. You were missed, even if it’s a crude simulacra of your former glory

— Charles Hoskinson (@IOHK_Charles) January 23, 2025

When an X user asked Hoskinson not to give this tweet any more engagement, Hoskinson stated that “John is being resurrected as a dubious AI crypto scam.” He then extended his sarcastic criticism, talking about metaverses and recalling John McAfee’s controversial biography: “It’s going to develop a digital drug habit within a week and then start a metaverse called New Belize before escaping to Europe.”

Earlier today, McAfees account tweeted: “I’m back with AIntivirus. An AI version of myself.”

John being resurrected as a dubious AI crypto scam us the most John McAfee thing possible. It’s going to develop a digital drug habit within a week and then start a metaverse called New Belize before escaping to Europe.

— Charles Hoskinson (@IOHK_Charles) January 23, 2025

Thus, the person/team behind the account are speculating on McAfee’s famous brainchild – the McAfee antivirus, the most prominent among the very early antivirus programs.

The antivirus pioneer and crypto influencer John McAfee tragically was found dead in late June 2021 in Spanish prison where he awaited extradition to the US. The official version claimed McAfee committed suicide.

Hoskinson promises to support Ross Ulbricht

On January 22, Hoskinson issued a tweet to react to Ross Ulbricht’s pardon and the following release granted by the newly-elected US president. The Cardano founder, who was among the team who founded Ethereum with Vitalik Buterin, welcomed the Silk Road founder back and promised him anything he needs now that he became free.

Hoskinson tweeted: “Welcome home, Ross. We, as an industry, have your back. Whatever you need, we are here on your journey back to freedom.”

Ross Ulbricht was pardoned after spending more than a decade in prison for launching and running the Silk Road darknet website for selling drugs and other illegal goods and services for Bitcoin. That was one of the earliest platforms to adopt BTC as a means of payment.

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