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What is Ethereum – Blockchain 101

October 20, 2020

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Bitcoin has seen success as it has settled as the most popular cryptocurrency. However, others believed they could implement blockchain technology to do more, possibly even to act as a “world computer”. The Ethereum project was launched in 2015 with this explicit goal. Creators sought to create a decentralized network complete with smart contracts, programmable agreements that could be used to create decentralized applications (dApps).

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