Shiba Inu (CRYPTO: SHIB) lead ambassador Shytoshi Kusama alleged on Wednesday an attempt to erase Ryoshi’s foundational role in building the memecoin ecosystem.
Kusama’s Big Allegation
Kusama responded to an X post by "Oscar OG Shiba Inu," an old community member, who pointed out that SHIB's official website does not acknowledge Ryoshi and instead says the project had "no founders."
“Erase the history so they can claim as their own. Ignore the lies,” Kusama said
SHIB’s Official Handle Responds
The official SHIB account stated that it was a minor footer error that was promptly fixed, and appreciated it being pointed out.
“No one is ‘erasing history’ here. Ryoshi's story is fully documented on the site,” the official account clarified.
As of this writing, the website clearly credits Ryoshi as the founder.
Kusama’s Mysterious Aura
Kusama has steered the SHIB ecosystem ever since the abrupt exit of Ryoshi in 2022. The SHIB creator deleted all their tweets (Now X posts) and blog posts on Medium, including the first-ever blog introducing the cryptocurrency titled "All Hail the Shiba."
However, like Ryoshi, Kusama’s identity also remains a mystery. Kusama said previously that they too will “step away from the limelight” at some point.
Kusama has been less active on X lately, redirecting their attention to AI projects. However, when Shiba Inu's Layer-2 network, Shibarium, was hacked in September, they stepped back in, extending support to the project's developers and community.
Price Action: At the time of writing, SHIB was exchanging hands at $0.000006124, down 1.48% in the last 24 hours, according to data from Benzinga Pro. Year-to-date, the memecoin has plummeted 11%.
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