GOOD OBSERVATION!
Vitalik Buterin did build Tag (prolly first implementation of OP_RETURN).
Also, in 2013, Vitalik proposed more complex scripting for Bitcoin.
He submitted a proposal to the Bitcoin core community.
It was rejected—Bitcoin devs prioritized security and conservatism.
So Vitalik said: Fine, I’ll build my own chain—with blackjack and DAOs.
Ethereum was born in 2015 (it wasn’t until 2017+ that USDT moved to Ethereum, Tron, Solana, etc.)
:)
GOOD OBSERVATION! Vitalik Buterin did build Tag (prolly first implementation of OP_RETURN). Also, in 2013, Vitalik proposed more complex scripting for Bitcoin. He submitted a proposal to the Bitcoin core community. It was rejected—Bitcoin devs prioritized security and conservatism. So Vitalik said: Fine, I’ll build my own chain—with blackjack and DAOs. Ethereum was born in 2015 (it wasn’t until 2017+ that USDT moved to Ethereum, Tron, Solana, etc.) :)