We can doubt the motives of Shiba Inu's mysterious creator, Ryoshi. But would Vitalik Buterin want his name associated with a scam project? That doesn't make sense to me, but I don't know the behind-the-scenes story, either.
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The thing is that Vitalik didn't actually want his name associated with Shiba Inu.
Instead, the responsibility was simply thrust upon him by Shib's creator when he transferred 50% of the supply to Vitalik's ETH address.
For a good overview of what happened, check out this mini explainer from The Block.
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