Type Decentralized blockchain
Release Date 30 July 2015
Founder Vitalik Buterin
Website ethereum.org[1]

What is Ethereum?

  • Ethereum is a network of computers all over the world that follow a set of rules called the Ethereum protocol.
  • The Ethereum network acts as the foundation for communities, applications, organizations and digital assets that anyone can build and use.
  • Among cryptocurrencies, ether is second only to bitcoin in market capitalization.

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