Vitalik Buterin
Co-founder, Ethereum | Russian - Canadian programmer and writer
World’s youngest Crypto billionaire
When I came up with Ethereum, my first thought was, 'Okay, this thing is too good to be true.' As it turned out, the core Ethereum idea was good - fundamentally, completely sound.

ABOUT

  • Russian – Canadian programmer and writer born in 1994, Moscow
  • World’s youngest Crypto billionaire 
  • Been in the crypto space since the age of 18
  • Co-founded Ethereum and Bitcoin Magazine
  • General Partner at the Fenbushi Venture Capital, a China-based firm that invests in blockchain-enabled companies
  • Not only good at programming but also good at mathematics “When I was in grade five or six, I just remember quite a lot of people were always talking about me like I was some kind of math genius”

When I was in grade five or six, I just remember quite a lot of people were always talking about me like I was some kind of math genius

-This Guy

CAREER

  • Wrote posts about cryptocurrency at the cost of 5 Bitcoins per post
  • 2012, co-founded Bitcoin Magazine along with Mihai Alisie, served as its senior writer
  • Wanted to do more with blockchain technology because he thought “Bitcoin is great as a form of digital money, but its scripting language is too weak for any kind of serious advanced applications to be built on top”
  • 2015, launched Frontier, the “barebone implementation of the Ethereum project.”
  • Built Ethereum as a platform to create and run Smart Contracts and dApps
  • Over $72 billion is now locked in DeFi protocols, many of which are built on top of the Ethereum blockchain
  • 2021, Proposed a new and updated version of Ethereum “proof that the Ethereum ecosystem is able to make significant changes”

PHILANTHROPY

  • 2017, donated $763,970 worth of ether to the Machine Intelligence Research Institute
  • 2018, donated $2.4 million worth of ether to the SENS Research Foundation
  • 2018, donated $1 million for Ugandan Refugees
  • 2020, a donation of $50,000 was made to the SENS Research Foundation
  • 2021, donated $1.14 billion worth of SHIBA coins to India’s Crypto Covid Relief Fund
  • 2021, donated Dogelon coins worth $336 million to Methuselah Foundation

achievement

Thiel Fellowship Award, 2014

World Technology Award in the IT Software Category, 2014

University of Basel Honorary doctorate, 2018

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