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Ethereum started on July 30, 2015 ๐Ÿš€.

It was created by a guy named Vitalik Buterin ๐Ÿง‘โ€๐Ÿ’ป, who had the idea in late 2013 ๐Ÿ’ก.

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) โš™๏ธ.

Hereโ€™s the timeline in easy words:

Late 2013 โ€” Vitalik wrote the idea for Ethereum โœ๏ธ.

Early 2014 โ€” He and his team started working on it ๐Ÿ‘จโ€๐Ÿ’ป๐Ÿ‘ฉโ€๐Ÿ’ป.

Mid 2014 โ€” They raised money by selling Ethereum tokens ๐Ÿ’ฐ.

July 30, 2015 โ€” Ethereum officially went live ๐ŸŽ‰.