1. 🔧 Ethereum runs smart contracts — apps that work without middlemen.
2. 🧠 Created by a 19-year-old — Vitalik Buterin in 2013.
3. 🌍 More than money — it's a whole platform for decentralized apps (DApps).
4. 🖼️ Most NFTs live on Ethereum — thanks to its ERC-721 standard.
5. ⚡ Switched to Proof of Stake — now 99.9% more energy efficient.
6. 💸 Gas fees can spike — depending on network traffic.
7. 💻 Uses Solidity — a special programming language for smart contracts.
8. 💰 DeFi started here — lending, borrowing, and trading without banks.
9. 🧱 Ethereum powers Layer 2s — like Arbitrum & Optimism for faster, cheaper transactions.
10. 🚀 Always evolving — Ethereum 2.0 aims to boost speed and cut fees.
