#EthereumTurns10 🧠 Celebrating 10 Years 🎉

1. Launch and Origin:

• Ethereum was launched on July 30, 2015, conceived by Vitalik Buterin and other co-founders.

• Created to go beyond Bitcoin, allowing smart contracts and decentralized applications (dApps).

• The initial sale (ICO) raised about $18 million in 2014.

🚀 2. Key Milestones (2015–2025)

• 2016 – DAO Hack: Smart contract failure caused a loss of $60 million. Resulted in the hard fork that separated Ethereum and Ethereum Classic.

• 2017 – ICO Boom: Ethereum was the engine for thousands of ICOs, driving the network and the price of ETH.

• 2020 – DeFi Explosion: Projects like Uniswap and Aave popularized DeFi (decentralized finance).

• 2021 – NFTs on the Rise: Ethereum was the cradle of collections like CryptoPunks and Bored Ape Yacht Club.

• 2022 – The Merge: Historic shift from Proof of Work (PoW) to Proof of Stake (PoS), reducing energy consumption by 99.95%.

• 2023–2025 – Rollups & Layer 2s: Massive adoption of solutions like Optimism, Arbitrum, and Base for scalability.

• 2024 – Dencun Upgrade: Crucial improvements with proto-danksharding to reduce fees on L2s.

📈 3. Economic and Social Impact

• ETH became the second largest crypto in the world by market value.

• Over 1 million developers contributed to the network.

• Ethereum moves hundreds of billions of dollars in stablecoins, NFTs, and tokens.

• Projects like Vitalik Buterin’s Ethereum Foundation helped with social and scientific initiatives.

🔮 4. The Future of Ethereum

• Focus on scalability, decentralization, and accessibility.

• Potential growth with artificial intelligence, blockchain gaming, and decentralized digital identity.

• Ethereum 2030? Rumors about Ethereum being fully “stateless” and with a greater modular focus.

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