Vitalik Buterin
| Vitalik Buterin | |
|---|---|
| Born |
31/1/1994 Russia |
| Residence | Canada |
| Fields | Digital contracts, Digital currencies, Mathematics, Game Theory, Python (programming language) |
| Alma mater | University of Waterloo (Dropped Out) |
| Known for | Ethereum, Bitcoin Magazine |
| Notable awards | World Technology Award 2014 |
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Website about.me/vitalik_buterin | |
Vitalik Buterin is a programmer, writer, founder of Ethereum, the decentralized web 3.0 publishing platform and co-founder of Bitcoin Magazine, a website and print magazine that covers Bitcoin-related topics.[1][2][3] In 2014, Buterin won the World Technology Award for the co-creation and invention of Ethereum.[4] Buterin was born in Russia, grew up in Canada, and currently resides in Toronto, Ontario.[1][2]
Buterin became interested in Bitcoin in 2011, and co-founded the periodical Bitcoin Magazine that year.[1][3] He serves as head writer for the magazine, and has written about Bitcoin-related topics for other publications, including Bitcoin Weekly.[1][5]
He is a co-creator and inventor of Ethereum, described as a “decentralized mining network and software development platform rolled into one” that facilitates the creation of new cryptocurrencies and programs that share a single block chain (a cryptographic transaction ledger).[6][7]
Buterin has contributed to a number of other open source software projects.[1] He is an employee of KryptoKit, a Canadian company that publishes a Chrome app that acts as both a Bitcoin wallet and social networking platform.[8] He also works as a developer on the cryptocurrency marketplace site Egora.[2]
Awards
Further Reading
- Schneider, Nathan (July 31, 2014). "Meet Vitalik Buterin, the 20-Year-Old Who Is Decentralizing Everything". Shareable.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Finley, Klint (27 January 2014). "Out in the open: Teenage hacker transforms web into one giant Bitcoin network". Wired. Retrieved 7 February 2014.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Melendez, Steven (10 February 2014). "Could this 20-Year-Old kid make Bitcoin obsolete?". Fast Company. Retrieved 22 February 2014.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 del Castillo, Michael (24 September 2014). "Dark wallet: A radical way to Bitcoin". The New Yorker. Retrieved 24 January 2014.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "The 2014 World Technology Award Winners". World Technology Network. World Technology Network. Retrieved 19 November 2014.
- ↑ "About us – Bitcoin Magazine". Bitcoin Magazine. Coin Publishing Ltd. Retrieved 23 February 2014.
- ↑ Aron, Jacob (6 February 2014). "Bitcoin: How its core technology will change the world". New Scientist (2955). Retrieved 22 February 2014.
- ↑ Hajdarbegovic, Nermin (23 February 2014). "Ethereum launches ‘Cryptocurrency 2.0’ network". CoinDesk. Retrieved 22 February 2014.
- ↑ Sean, Gallager (Jan 6, 2014). "Bitcoin startups pan for gold in cryptocurrency economy". Ars Technica. Retrieved 25 January 2014.
- ↑ Finley, Klint (5 June 2014). "$100k Peter Thiel Fellowship Awarded to Ethereum’s Vitalik Buterin". CoinDesk. Retrieved 11 August 2014.