Earlier, some media outlets raised the possibility of Vitalik Buterin, the founder of Ethereum, winning the Nobel Prize in Economics, and the issue received considerable attention in the cryptocurrency community. It became a hot topic in the domestic community as well, and in fact, many Korean chats were seen in the chat window of the official Nobel Prize YouTube channel. However, ultimately, the prize went to Darren Acemoglu, MIT Economics Professor; Simon Johnson, also an MIT Economics Professor; and James Robinson, Professor at the University of Chicago.