Vitalik Buterin was one of the founders of the Ethereum blockchain.
Vitalik wrote Ethereum’s white paper at the age of 19.
Vitalik Buterin is not an unfamiliar name in the global crypto scenario. He is one of the masters behind the open-source blockchain technology, Ethereum. The massive adoption of the platform’s native cryptocurrency, ETH, created the name ‘Vitalik’ popular in the crypto world. Currently, Ethereum (ETH) is the most prominent coin and leader in the market following Bitcoin (BTC).
Vitalik Buterin is commonly known as Ethereum’s co-founder. But there are numerous interesting facts about the young crypto billionaire that may be unknown to most people.
Know the Man Behind Ethereum
Vitalik was born in Russia in January 1994. When he was six years old, his parents left Russia and migrated to Canada, in search of better job possibilities. During his school days, he developed an interest in mathematics, programming, and economics. Vitalik immediately understood that his unique abilities and skills made him somewhat of an outcast among his friends and even teachers while in the program.
At the age of 17, Buterin learned about Bitcoin from his father, that was the turning point in his life. His Bitcoin obsession and purpose of BTC earning forced him to attend numerous crypto projects. Buterin started writing for a publication named ‘Bitcoin Weekly’ in 2011, to earn the coin. In the same year, he co-founded the publication named ‘Bitcoin Magazine’, which started printing in 2012.
The concept for Ethereum was born after meeting some Bitcoin developers on his travels and learning about the currency’s numerous restrictions. Before the project’s launch, the introductory paper was published by Buterin in 2013. He wrote a white paper for Ethereum, at the age of 19.
Vitalik got the name Ethereum from the word, ‘Ether’ after browsing Wikipedia, T scientists believed ether was a substance that is transparent, weightless, frictionless, undetectable chemically or physically, spreading through all matter and space.
Ethereum is currently underway for a new upgrade called Ethereum 2.0 to increase transactions per second.