Siphon Life

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He took the nerf personally.

Vitalik played World of Warcraft from 2007 to 2010. When Blizzard removed the damage component of his warlock’s Siphon Life spell, he wrote:

“I cried myself to sleep, and on that day I realized what horrors centralized services can bring.”

He quit WoW, discovered Bitcoin in 2011, and later co-founded Ethereum.

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