Hello Steemians, today i,m gona talk about one of the most trendings cryptocurrency .................. ETHEREUM
Ethereum a decentralized platform that runs smart contracts, applications that run exactly as programmed without any possibility downtime, censorship, fraud or third-party interference. In the Ethereum protocol and blockchain in there is a price for each operation. The cryptocurrency is called Ether and is used to pay computation time and for transaction fees.
If you want to earn block rewards from the network, you can join the network a miner. How to mine Ethereum on a Windows Pc? The much easier but a bit more expensive way is to buy an Ethereum mining contract.
Ethereum is how the Internet was supposed to work. As long as you have enough funds to pay your code to be run network, your contacts will always be up and running.
It was crowdfunded during August 2014 by fans everywhere. It is developed and maintained by ETHDEV with contributions from great minds of the world. There is also an Ethereum foundation and there are multiple startups working with Ethereum blockchain.
Ethereum is currently on the "Homestead" stage and all its related software is still considered Beta until the release of the next stage "Metropolis".
If you are looking for a GUI interface for your wallet, try the Ethereum Wallet App is still in beta so be careful when you use it.