Ethereum
Open-source blockchain with smart contracts; its native cryptocurrency is ether.
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- Ethereum is an open-source decentralized blockchain with smart contracts, whose native cryptocurrency is ether.
- Vitalik Buterin described it in a white paper in late 2013, and the network went live on 30 July 2015.
- Development was funded by a public crowd sale of ether in 2014.
- On 15 September 2022 it moved from proof of work to proof of stake, cutting its energy use by over 99%.
Key facts
- Described
- White paper by Vitalik Buterin, late 20131
- Live
- 30 July 20151
- Currency
- Ether (ETH), second only to bitcoin in market capitalization1
- The Merge
- Moved to proof of stake on 15 September 20221
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