Ethereum has redefined what’s possible in the worldof digital finance. From smart contracts to decentralized apps and NFTs, it has evolved into a global ecosystem challenging traditional systems. With its shift to energy-efficient Proof of Stake and ongoing innovations, Ethereum remains at the forefront of the Web3 revolution.
Ethereum is the second largest crypto currency by market capitalization. Today the price of one Ethereum is 2,600$ with a market capitalization of 315 billion dollars. Vitalik Buterin at the age of 23 in 2015 along with other founders like Charles Hoskins, Anthony Di Iorio, Joseph Lubin and Gavin Wood launched Ethereum based on his 2013 pap
Vitalik joined the bitcoin bandwagon at a very early stage writing for Bitcoin weekly. His first article paid him five bitcoins which were worth four dollars at that time. He then founded Bitcoin Magazine in 2011. Later he quit college and received funding from the Thiel Scholarship program for students who want to drop out from school and to go and build their dream.$ETH
Bitcoin had limitations. It was money and it could be sent across the world. It did this job perfectly well but Vitalik and many others had ideas to enhance the language bitcoin was written in so that bitcoin could do complex transactions. They wanted a sophisticated programmable money.$ETH