Ethereum
Ethereum is a decentralized, open-source blockchain with smart contract functionality. Ether is the native cryptocurrency of the platform. Among cryptocurrencies, ether is second only to bitcoin in market capitalization.... Wikipedia
- Original author(s): Vitalik Buterin, Gavin Wood
- Developer(s): Ethereum Foundation, Hyperledger, Nethermind, OpenEthereum, EthereumJS, ConsenSys, Prysmatic Labs, Sigma Prime, Status, ChainSafe, Ledgerwatch, Torquem
- Initial release: July 30, 2015
- Stable release: Paris-Bellatrix / September 15, 2022
- Development status: Active
- Software used: EVM 1 Bytecode
- Written in: Go, Rust, C#, C++, Java, Python, Nim, TypeScript
- Operating system: Cross-platform
- Platform: x86-64, ARM
- Available in: Multilingual, but primarily English
- Type: Distributed computing
- License: Open-source licenses
- Active hosts: ~8,000 nodes (10 September 2022)
- Website: ethereum.org
- Data source: DuckDuckGo