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Charles Hoskinson is the co-founder of Cardano and creator of ADA coin. He's an American entrepreneur and mathematician who co-founded Ethereum with Vitalik Buterin. Hoskinson left Ethereum in 2014 and founded IOHK (Input Output Hong Kong), which developed Cardano's blockchain. ADA is named after Ada Lovelace, a 19th-century mathematician.

Here's a brief timeline:

- 2015: Hoskinson co-founds IOHK

- 2017: Cardano's mainnet launches with ADA as its native token

- 2021: Cardano's smart contract platform, Plutus, goes live

Hoskinson's vision for Cardano focuses on peer-reviewed research, scalability, and sustainability [1][2].

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