What Is Ethereum?
Ethereum was initially proposed in late 2013 by Vitalik Buterin, a cryptocurrency researcher, and programmer. Vitalik Buterin is very well-respected and most people in the Ethereum community believe in his vision. Development was funded by an online crowd sale during July–August 2014 and the system went live on 30 July 2015.
Ether is a digital currency used for operating smart contracts on the Ethereum network. Like Bitcoin, the Ethereum network and Ether tokens are not controlled or issued by any bank or government – instead, it is an open network which is managed by its users.
If you are not familiar with the term Smart contracts, they are computer protocols that facilitate, verify, or enforce the negotiation or performance of a contract, or that make a contractual clause unnecessary. Smart contracts often emulate the logic of contractual clauses.
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