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Nora

Ethereum’s biggest mystery.

Nora is an unknown individual who seemingly gave Ming Chan legal advice related to her hostile takeover of the EF from the other newly elected board members.

Here is a Skype message which Ming Chan accidentally sent to Lars Klawitter on 4th August 2015. She deleted it almost immediately afterwards, but not before he took a copy. It is assumed that it was intended for her sister and legal counsel Tung Chan. Bumper Chan was her Skype name. Her first official day as Executive Director had been just a few days earlier, on 1st August 2015.

[04/08/2015 20:05:15] Bumper Chan: Wayne is dismissive of everyone, including the other board members. He says he will handle everything. It sounds like Wayne convinced Lars to write this letter. Wayne told me “You’re not going anywhere” and neither is anyone else

[04/08/2015 20:06:07] Bumper Chan: He is worse than Vadim.

[04/08/2015 20:06:49] Bumper Chan: Thankfully Nora believes I can gain control together with Vitalik, with your help to walk me through it

[04/08/2015 20:08:37] Bumper Chan: She described a scenario later, where I could, if I wanted, become Pres of the Board, with Vitalik as Chairman. Also, she let me know I can choose my own advisory board (not Kelley).

I had so little time with her, but she did say this is not a good situation and sounds like a hostile (board) situation.

This episode was described in The Cryptopians by Laura Shin in 2022, but to this day nobody has discovered who “Nora” actually is. The only people who would probably know would be Ming and Tung, but they don’t want to talk, unsurprisingly.

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