PROFILE
Founder, Ethereum
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- Vitalik Buterin is the co-creator of Ethereum, a blockchain platform for decentralized financial applications.
- He became the world's youngest crypto billionaire at age 27 when Ether, Ethereum's native cryptocurrency, first crossed $3,000 per coin in May 2021.
- Prior to Ethereum, Buterin wrote for Bitcoin Magazine, which he launched in 2012 with Mihai Alisie.
- In 2014, Buterin was awarded the Thiel Fellowship, offering $100,000 for young people under the age of 23 to pursue interests outside of academia.
- The Russian-Canadian entrepreneur and the rest of the developing team launched Ethereum a year later.
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