$ETH
Ethereum started on July 30, 2015 ๐.
It was created by a guy named Vitalik Buterin ๐งโ๐ป, who had the idea in late 2013 ๐ก.
He wanted to build something bigger than Bitcoin โ a place where people could make apps and programs that run without needing a company or boss (using something called smart contracts) โ๏ธ.
Hereโs the timeline in easy words:
Late 2013 โ Vitalik wrote the idea for Ethereum โ๏ธ.
Early 2014 โ He and his team started working on it ๐จโ๐ป๐ฉโ๐ป.
Mid 2014 โ They raised money by selling Ethereum tokens ๐ฐ.
July 30, 2015 โ Ethereum officially went live ๐.