Ethereum
Ethereum
Ethereum is a decentralized blockchain with smart contract functionality. Ether (abbreviation: ETH[a]) is the native cryptocurrency of the platform. Among cryptocurrencies, ether is second only to Bitcoin in market capitalization.[2][3] It is open-source software.
Ethereum was conceived in 2013 by programmer Vitalik Buterin.[4] Other founders include Gavin Wood, Charles Hoskinson, Anthony Di Iorio, and Joseph Lubin.[5] In 2014,
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Vitalik Buterin
Vitaly Dmitrievich Buterin (Russian: Виталий Дмитриевич Бутерин; born 31 January[1] 1994), better known as Vitalik Buterin (Russian: Виталик Бутерин), is a Canadian computer programmer and co-founder of Ethereum. Buterin became involved with cryptocurrency early in its inception, co-founding Bitcoin Magazine in 2011.[2][3] In 2015, Buterin deployed the Ethereum blockchain with Gavin Wood, Charles Hoskinson, Anthony Di Iorio, and Joseph Lubin.[4]
Early life and education
Buterin was born in Kolomna, Russia, to a Russian family.[5][6] His father, Dmitry, was a computer scientist.[5] He and his parents lived in the area until the age of six, when his parents emigrated to Canada in search of better employment opportunities.[7] While in grade three of elementary school in Canada, Buterin was placed into a class for gifted children and was drawn to mathematics, programming, and economics.
In 2013, he visited developers in other countries who shared his enthusiasm for code. He returned to Toronto later that year and published a white paper proposing Ethereum.[13][14] He dropped out of university in 2014 when he was awarded with a grant of US$100,000 (equivalent to $132,823 in 2024)[15] from the Thiel Fellowship, a scholarship created by venture capitalist Peter Thiel and went to work on Ethereum full-time.[16]
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