A Review of Ethereum's Ten-Year Development Journey Since Its Genesis in 2015
From the initial vision of a 'World Computer' to gradually transforming into a financial settlement layer, and then to a modular blockchain and Real World Assets (RWA) narrative. Reviewing Ethereum's technological development, market positioning, and the continuous adjustment of its narrative reveals its role shift within the crypto industry and potential future directions.
Key Points
In 2014, Ethereum's founding vision was to become a 'World Computer' to run decentralized applications, but in reality, it mainly became a financial settlement layer.
The mining of the genesis block on July 30, 2015, marked the beginning of Frontier, and the Ethereum Foundation was established to promote the development and application of Ethereum technology.
The DAO incident in 2016 exposed the contradictions of technological idealism, leading to a community split and the birth of Ethereum Classic (ETC).
The ICO boom in 2017 transformed Ethereum from a 'World Computer' into a token issuance platform, exposing the gap between technological vision and market demand.
The success of DeFi in 2020 allowed Ethereum to find a market fit but also exposed performance bottlenecks, prompting adjustments in the technological roadmap.
The rise of Layer 2 solutions in 2021 marked Ethereum's transition from a single chain to a modular ecosystem.
In 2022, The Merge combined the existing execution layer with the consensus layer of the beacon chain, transitioning Ethereum from PoW to PoS.
In 2024, moving from 'Changing Finance' to 'Connecting Reality', Ethereum attempts to tell a more pragmatic story closer to the mainstream world through RWA, gradually becoming the institution's preferred choice; in the same year, 21Shares, Franklin Templeton, Bitwise, Fidelity, and Invesco were approved to start trading on July 23.
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