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Vitaly Dmitrievich Buterin (Russian: Вита́лий Дми́триевич Буте́рин), better known as Vitalik Buterin (Russian: Вита́лик Буте́рин; born 31 January [1] 1994), is a Canadian computer programmer and co-founder of Ethereum.
1 day ago · Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH) co-founder Vitalik Buterin on Thursday announced he will donate all proceeds from his cryptocurrency holdings, including Ethereum and Layer 2 tokens, to support the Ethereum ...
Jun 9, 2024 · Vitalik Buterin is the co-creator of Ethereum, a blockchain platform for decentralized financial applications. He became the world's youngest crypto billionaire at age 27...
Dec 7, 2021 · The near and mid-term future of improving the Ethereum network's permissionlessness and decentralization. 2024 May 09.
- Vitalik Buterin Co-Founded Ethereum
- Buterin’s Early Life
- The Birth of Ethereum
- The Ethereum Merge
- Buterin’s Awards, Philanthropy and Net Worth
- Buterin’s Plans For The Future
Buterin laid the foundations of Ethereum in 2013 when he was just 19, writing a white paperthat outlined “a next-generation smart contract and decentralized application platform.” Buterin’s work took the groundbreaking development of Bitcoin’s underlying blockchain technology to the next level. He foresaw that blockchain technology could build diff...
Buterin was first introduced to Bitcoin(BTC) in his late teens by his father, a Russian-born engineer who had moved his family to Canada. Without capital to invest in Bitcoin or cryptocurrency mining, Buterin chose to work as a blog writer for Bitcoin payments. During the early 2010s, Buterin was approached by Mihai Alisie, a Romanian Bitcoin enthu...
It was a watershed moment when Buterin’ dropped his white paper on Ethereum. The notion of developing a cryptocurrency as a utility leveraging blockchain technology broke new ground. Buterin’s interest in blockchain led him to recommend developing applications that went well beyond a store of value or a means of exchange. But Bitcoin was not a work...
The biggest problem faced by Ethereum has been its massive energy consumption, thanks to its proof of workconsensus mechanism. With proof of work, crypto miners verify transactions by generating matching computer codes. To do this at the necessary speed requires tremendous amounts of computing power—and energy to run the computers that solve the co...
In addition to receiving a Peter Thiel Fellowship for the development of Ethereum, Buterin (who dropped out of university) holds an honorary doctorate from the University of Basel. Also among his other accolades is a bronze medal in the 24th International Olympiad of Informatics in 2012. Buterin engages in a great deal of philanthropy. His contribu...
Buterin is involved in a handful of blockchain projects other than Ethereum, including L4, Plasma Group and more. Given his original desire to make Ethereum a “world computer,” it’s been speculated that Buterin is interested in contributing to the coming metaverse. “The “metaverse” is going to happen, but I don’t think any of the existing corporate...
Mar 21, 2022 · Vitalik Buterin talked to TIME about reducing fees, World of Warcraft and gender equality—along with his hopes and concerns for the future of Ethereum.
Nov 3, 2021 · Ethereum’s 27-year-old co-founder, Vitalik Buterin, has reclaimed the title of the world’s youngest crypto billionaire thanks to ether’s latest gains. Forbes estimates his total wealth at $1.46...
