Reasons include: None of the economists have made any contribution to cryptocurrency. Vitalik created a currency that refuted Mises' regression theorem (currency was originally trusted through its intrinsic value as a physical commodity like gold). Ethereum switched from POW to POS without stopping. He is very polite. He donated a lot of money to charity. He has deep thoughts on world economic problems and mechanisms. Satoshi Nakamoto should have gotten it too, but he is dead.