‘Doxxing’ of Bored Ape founders exposes Web3’s transparency issues

The Web3 community is in uproar over a curious case of “doxxing.” The victims of this exposure are two founders of Yuga Labs, the company behind the Bored Ape Yacht Club (BAYC). The NFT collection has generated over $1bn in sales, but the creators of Yuga Labs had been pseudoanonymized — until now. The duo, Greg Solano and Wylie Aronow, showed their faces publicly on Friday after BuzzFeed News revealed their identities. The revelations sparked a fiery mix of condemnation and admiration. Got doxed so why not. Web2 me vs Web3 me. pic.twitter.com/jfmzo5NtrH — Garga.eth (@CryptoGarga) February 5, 2022 Some…This story continues at The Next Web https://thenextweb.com/news/bored-app-founders-doxxing-web3-transparency-privacy-issue