Ethereum ETH

On 2023-12-09 the current Ethereum price/exchange rate is 2,186.88 EUR.

Ethereum (ETH) is an open-source blockchain platform (network) that has its own cryptocurrency Ethereum (Ether) and its own programming language Solidity.

Ethereum is designed to be a more customizable and flexible value exchange technology. 

It is more than just a network for value transfer and recording transactions in the blockchain. 

Just like Bitcoin was created to decentralize the modern financial system, Ethereum aims to use the same technology to replace internet third parties.

The advantage of Ethereum as a network is that its users can create, publish, monetize, and use programs and applications on the platform and can use the cryptocurrency Ether as a means of payment.

These applications are known as Dapps - decentralized applications. 

Dapps are open-source software based on an Ethereum blockchain. One of their main features is that they don't need a third party to function.

This is why Ethereum describes itself as "the world's programmable blockchain".

Ethereum as a cryptocurrency is second in market value after Bitcoin.

At the moment of writing this text, there are around 120 million Ethereum in circulation. 

Unlike Bitcoin, which can have a maximum amount of 21 million tokens in circulation, the total number of Ethereum is not limited. 

The explanation for this is that Ethereum is expanding as much as there is demand for it.

Ethereum has revolutionized the concept of smart contracts on the blockchain platform. 

Smart contracts are computer programs that automatically execute actions that are necessary to fulfill the agreement between several parties on the internet.

Smart contracts reduce the need for intermediaries when concluding contracts, and at the same time, they increase reliability.

This results in the following advantages of Ethereum as a network:

Before the major upgrade of the Ethereum network, the ETH coin was mined the same way as Bitcoin using the Proof-of-Work (POW) protocol.

After the upgrade, the Ethereum network switched to the Proof-of-Stake (POS) consensus mechanism.

Once the network switched to a new consensus mechanism, mining as a way of adding new blocks of transactions to the blockchain is no longer needed.

Ethereum 2.0 no longer requires the use of expensive mining devices. Now it is enough to deposit a certain amount of ETH coins in a "staking pool" in order to acquire the right to be a validator in the network.

To become a node and validate transactions in the network the user has to lock a minimum amount of 32 ETH coins in the staking pool.

Validators have a similar task as miners in the Proof-of-Work mechanism - they confirm transactions and create new blocks.

Ethereum's move to Proof-of-Stake consensus should allow the network to be more energy efficient and scalable.

Ethereum has a total of eight co-founders. Vitalik Buterin - a Russian-Canadian programmer is probably the best known among them. He issued the original Ethereum white paper in 2013.

Gavin Wood is also a key figure in founding Ethereum. He implemented Ethereum, and he introduced the “Solidity” program language.

The other co-founders of Ethereum are:

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You can store Ethereum in your digital wallet. When it comes to cryptocurrencies, digital wallets can be divided into 2 groups - Hot Wallets and Cold Wallets.

Hot wallets include:

Cold Wallets include:

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