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🛠️ When was Ethereum founded?
• At the end of 2013, Vitalik wrote the "white paper" for Ethereum.
• He shared the idea with a group of young programmers, the most notable being:
• Gavin Wood (creator of the Solidity programming language)
• Joseph Lubin (who later founded ConsenSys)
• In 2014, they launched a crowdfunding campaign (ICO) and raised over 18 million dollars.
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🚀 Official Launch:
• The Ethereum network was officially launched on July 30, 2015.
• The native currency is ETH (Ether)