Sure Vitalik has done questionable antics in the past with his quantum computing scandal but he was a computer science nerd who is exploring in his field.
Who can say their past is spotless without things that would not be scorned by others? Stand up and say this with a straight face.
He is a hacker let us all be honest about who he is. And geniuses can be those and even hired by the FBI in their bureau of investigations to fight against cyber terrorism.
He even was a speaker at a hackathon in Russia last year.
He can not hide behind the mask of anonymous.