$ETH DID YOU KNOW? Created by Vitalik Buterin, a Canadian-Russian programmer and writer, in 2013. After traveling the world and meeting other Bitcoin developers, Buterin wanted to create a platform that would allow developers to build more advanced decentralized applications (dApps) than those possible on Bitcoin. In November 2013, Buterin published a whitepaper outlining the vision and technology behind Ethereum. In this whitepaper, Buterin presented the idea of ​​a smart contract platform that would allow developers to build decentralized applications. In July 2014, Ethereum launched a crowdfunding campaign to fund the platform's development. The campaign was a success, and Ethereum raised over 31,500 BTC (approximately $18 million at the time). The Ethereum team, led by Buterin, worked on developing the platform for the next two years. In July 2015, the Ethereum network was launched, and the first block of the blockchain was mined. The first version of Ethereum, called Frontier, was released in July 2015. This version allowed developers to begin building decentralized applications on the platform. #ETH