$ETH How much does the cryptocurrency ethereum cost this May 9

Ethereum was created in 2015 by programmer Vitalik Buterin, with the intention of promoting a tool for decentralized and collaborative applications

Ethereum is a digital platform that adopts blockchain technology and expands its use to a wide variety of applications, while ether is its native cryptocurrency. In the world of digital finance, it is common for the cryptocurrency to be referred to as the network, although in reality, they are not the same.

The ethereum platform, founded in 2015 by programmer Vitalik Buterin, aimed to be a tool for decentralized and collaborative applications on which smart contracts (dAPPs) can be made.

Like bitcoin, the value of ether skyrocketed in a short period of time. In January 2016, ether was trading at around one dollar and currently has a historical high of 4891.7 units.