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In September 2011, another person reached out to Buterin about a new publication called ''[[Bitcoin Magazine]]'', a position which Buterin would accept as the first co-founder, and contribute as a leading writer.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Stankovic|first1=Stefan|title=Who is Vitalik Buterin, The Mastermind Behind Ethereum?|url=https://unblock.net/who-is-vitalik-buterin/|accessdate=19 April 2018|work=Unblock|date=29 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180411174927/https://unblock.net/who-is-vitalik-buterin/|archive-date=2018-04-11|dead-url=no|df=}}</ref> |
In September 2011, another person reached out to Buterin about a new publication called ''[[Bitcoin Magazine]]'', a position which Buterin would accept as the first co-founder, and contribute as a leading writer.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Stankovic|first1=Stefan|title=Who is Vitalik Buterin, The Mastermind Behind Ethereum?|url=https://unblock.net/who-is-vitalik-buterin/|accessdate=19 April 2018|work=Unblock|date=29 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180411174927/https://unblock.net/who-is-vitalik-buterin/|archive-date=2018-04-11|dead-url=no|df=}}</ref> |
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In addition Buterin wrote about bitcoin-related topics for other publications, including ''Bitcoin Weekly''.<ref name=finley2014 |
In addition Buterin wrote about bitcoin-related topics for other publications, including ''Bitcoin Weekly''.<ref name=finley2014/> ''Bitcoin Magazine'' in 2012 later began publishing a print edition and has been referred to as the first serious publication dedicated to cryptocurrencies.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OHbCBwAAQBAJ&pg=PA156&dq=Vitalik+Buterin&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwih0oXUn6nMAhVssIMKHSZUDysQ6AEIJDAB#v=onepage&q=Vitalik%20Buterin&f=false|title=The Age of Cryptocurrency: How Bitcoin and the Blockchain Are Challenging ...|last2=Casey|first2=Michael J.|publisher=[[Macmillan Publishers]]|year=2015|isbn=9781250065636|location=|page=88|pages=|chapter=Community|last1=Vigna|first1=Paul}}</ref> ''Bitcoin Magazine'' was then purchased by BTC Media, where Buterin continued to write until mid-2014.{{citation needed|date=April 2018}} |
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In addition, he held a position on the editorial board of ''[[Ledger (journal)|Ledger]]'', a peer-reviewed scholarly journal that publishes full-length original research articles on the subjects of cryptocurrency and blockchain technology.<ref name=ledger2016/> |
In addition, he held a position on the editorial board of ''[[Ledger (journal)|Ledger]]'', a peer-reviewed scholarly journal that publishes full-length original research articles on the subjects of cryptocurrency and blockchain technology.<ref name=ledger2016/> |
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=== Ethereum === |
=== Ethereum === |
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Buterin is a co-founder and inventor of Ethereum, described as a "decentralised mining network and software development platform rolled into one" |
Buterin is a co-founder and inventor of Ethereum, described as a "decentralised mining network and software development platform rolled into one"{{cn}} that facilitates the creation of new cryptocurrencies and programs that share a single [[Bitcoin#Blockchain|blockchain]] (a cryptographic transaction ledger).<ref name=aron2014/><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://futurethinkers.org/vitalik-buterin-ethereum-decentralized-future/|title=Vitalik Buterin on Ethereum and The Decentralized Future|date=2015-04-21|website=Future Thinkers Podcast|language=en-US|access-date=2016-05-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160518163458/http://futurethinkers.org/vitalik-buterin-ethereum-decentralized-future/|archive-date=2016-05-18|dead-url=no|df=}}</ref> |
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Buterin first described Ethereum in a white paper<ref>{{cite web |url=https://github.com/ethereum/wiki/wiki/White-Paper |title=White Paper· ethereum/wiki Wiki · GitHub |publisher= |deadurl=no |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150328054135/https://github.com/ethereum/wiki/wiki/White-Paper |archivedate=28 March 2015 |df=dmy-all}}</ref> in late 2013. Buterin argued that bitcoin needed a scripting language for application development. But when he failed to gain agreement, he proposed development of a new platform with a more general scripting language.<ref name=tapscott2016>{{cite book |last1=Tapscott |first1=Don |last2=Tapscott |first2=Alex |title=The Blockchain Revolution: How the Technology Behind Bitcoin is Changing Money, Business, and the World |date=2016-05-07 |publisher=Portfolio |isbn=978-0670069972}}</ref>{{rp|88}} About the Ethereum Project, Buterin has said: "I am truly grateful to have the opportunity to work in such an interesting and interdisciplinary area of industry, where I have the chance to interact with cryptographers, mathematicians and economists prominent in their fields, to help build software and tools that already affect tens of thousands of people around the world, and to work on advanced problems in computer science, economics and philosophy every week."<ref name=Stu/> |
Buterin first described Ethereum in a white paper<ref>{{cite web |url=https://github.com/ethereum/wiki/wiki/White-Paper |title=White Paper· ethereum/wiki Wiki · GitHub |publisher= |deadurl=no |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150328054135/https://github.com/ethereum/wiki/wiki/White-Paper |archivedate=28 March 2015 |df=dmy-all}}</ref> in late 2013. Buterin argued that bitcoin needed a scripting language for application development. But when he failed to gain agreement, he proposed development of a new platform with a more general scripting language.<ref name=tapscott2016>{{cite book |last1=Tapscott |first1=Don |last2=Tapscott |first2=Alex |title=The Blockchain Revolution: How the Technology Behind Bitcoin is Changing Money, Business, and the World |date=2016-05-07 |publisher=Portfolio |isbn=978-0670069972}}</ref>{{rp|88}} About the Ethereum Project, Buterin has said: "I am truly grateful to have the opportunity to work in such an interesting and interdisciplinary area of industry, where I have the chance to interact with cryptographers, mathematicians and economists prominent in their fields, to help build software and tools that already affect tens of thousands of people around the world, and to work on advanced problems in computer science, economics and philosophy every week."<ref name=Stu/> |
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=== Open source software === |
=== Open source software === |
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Buterin has contributed as a developer to other open source software projects.<ref name=finley2014/ |
Buterin has contributed as a developer to other open source software projects.<ref name=finley2014/> He also contributed to DarkWallet<ref>{{Cite book |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=OHbCBwAAQBAJ&pg=PA156&dq=Vitalik+Buterin&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwih0oXUn6nMAhVssIMKHSZUDysQ6AEIJDAB#v=onepage&q=Vitalik%20Buterin&f=false |title= The Bitcoin Big Bang: How Alternative Currencies Are About to Change the World |date=2015 |publisher= [[Wiley Publishing]] |year= |isbn= 978-1118963661 |location= |page=156 |chapter= Smart Money, set it and forget it |last1=Kelly |first1= Brian}}</ref> by [[Cody Wilson]], [[Bitcoin]] [[Python (software)|Python]] libraries,<ref>{{Cite book|title=Mastering Bitcoin: Unlocking Digital Cryptocurrencies |last1= Antonopoulos |first1=Andreas M. |chapter=#4. Keys, Addresses, and Wallets |page=82 |isbn= 978-1449374044 |date= December 20, 2014 |publisher= [[O'Reilly Media]] |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=IXmrBQAAQBAJ&pg=PA82&dq=Vitalik+Buterin&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwis7O7gsKnMAhUU72MKHak3Ajk4ChDoAQggMAE#v=onepage&q=Vitalik%20Buterin&f=false }}</ref> and the [[cryptocurrency]] marketplace site Egora.<ref name=melendez2014/> |
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=== Ethereum Russia === |
=== Ethereum Russia === |
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== Awards and recognition == |
== Awards and recognition == |
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* [[Thiel Fellowship]] Award, 2014{{cn}} |
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* [[Thiel Fellowship]] Award, 2014<ref name="thiel-fellowship">{{cite web |last= Finley |first= Klint |work= [[CoinDesk]] |url= http://www.coindesk.com/peter-thiel-fellowship-ethereum-vitalik-buterin |title= $100k Peter Thiel Fellowship Awarded to Ethereum’s Vitalik Buterin |date= 5 June 2014 |accessdate= 11 August 2014 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140716183838/http://www.coindesk.com/peter-thiel-fellowship-ethereum-vitalik-buterin/ |archive-date= 2014-07-16 |dead-url= no |df= }}</ref> |
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*World Technology Award in the IT Software category, 2014<ref>{{cite news|last1=Self Published|title=2014 World Technology Awards Winners|url=http://www.wtn.net/summit-2014/2014-world-technology-awards-winners|accessdate=11 April 2018|work=www.wtn.net|publisher=The World Technology Network|date=2014|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180809060754/https://www.wtn.net/summit-2014/2014-world-technology-awards-winners|archive-date=2018-08-09|dead-url=no|df=}}</ref> |
*World Technology Award in the IT Software category, 2014<ref>{{cite news|last1=Self Published|title=2014 World Technology Awards Winners|url=http://www.wtn.net/summit-2014/2014-world-technology-awards-winners|accessdate=11 April 2018|work=www.wtn.net|publisher=The World Technology Network|date=2014|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180809060754/https://www.wtn.net/summit-2014/2014-world-technology-awards-winners|archive-date=2018-08-09|dead-url=no|df=}}</ref> |
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* [[Fortune (magazine)|Fortune]] 40 under 40 list, 2016.<ref>[http://fortune.com/40-under-40/vitalik-buterin-31/ 40 under 40: Vitalik Buterin, 22] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160925143955/http://fortune.com/40-under-40/vitalik-buterin-31/ |date=2016-09-25 }}, [[Fortune (magazine)|Fortune]], September 2016.</ref> |
* [[Fortune (magazine)|Fortune]] 40 under 40 list, 2016.<ref>[http://fortune.com/40-under-40/vitalik-buterin-31/ 40 under 40: Vitalik Buterin, 22] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160925143955/http://fortune.com/40-under-40/vitalik-buterin-31/ |date=2016-09-25 }}, [[Fortune (magazine)|Fortune]], September 2016.</ref> |
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* Donation of $2.4 million worth of Ether to the [[SENS Research Foundation]] in 2018, for the research on rejuvenation biotechnologies and human life extension.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.leafscience.org/vitalik-buterin-the-best-thing-to-donate-money-to-is-the-fight-against-aging |title=Vitalik Buterin: The Best Thing to Donate Money to is The Fight Against Aging |first1=Milova |last1=Elena |date=March 20, 2018 |publisher=''LIFE EXTENSION ADVOCACY FOUNDATION'' |access-date=March 21, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180322082122/https://www.leafscience.org/vitalik-buterin-the-best-thing-to-donate-money-to-is-the-fight-against-aging/ |archive-date=2018-03-22 |dead-url=no |df= }}</ref> |
* Donation of $2.4 million worth of Ether to the [[SENS Research Foundation]] in 2018, for the research on rejuvenation biotechnologies and human life extension.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.leafscience.org/vitalik-buterin-the-best-thing-to-donate-money-to-is-the-fight-against-aging |title=Vitalik Buterin: The Best Thing to Donate Money to is The Fight Against Aging |first1=Milova |last1=Elena |date=March 20, 2018 |publisher=''LIFE EXTENSION ADVOCACY FOUNDATION'' |access-date=March 21, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180322082122/https://www.leafscience.org/vitalik-buterin-the-best-thing-to-donate-money-to-is-the-fight-against-aging/ |archive-date=2018-03-22 |dead-url=no |df= }}</ref> |
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* Donation of $1 million worth of Ether in conjunction with the Ethereum-based OmiseGO open payment platform to the [[GiveDirectly]] organization aimed at helping the poorest of poor refugees in Africa, in 2018.<ref>{{cite news | title = OmiseGO And Vitalik Buterin Donate $1 Million In Crypto To Charity For Ugandan Refugees | publisher = maija247news.com| date = 2 April 2018 | url =https://naija247news.com/2018/04/02/omisego-and-vitalik-buterin-donate-1-million-in-crypto-to-charity-for-ugandan-refugees/ | accessdate = 2018-04-30 }}</ref> |
* Donation of $1 million worth of Ether in conjunction with the Ethereum-based OmiseGO open payment platform to the [[GiveDirectly]] organization aimed at helping the poorest of poor refugees in Africa, in 2018.<ref>{{cite news | title = OmiseGO And Vitalik Buterin Donate $1 Million In Crypto To Charity For Ugandan Refugees | publisher = maija247news.com| date = 2 April 2018 | url =https://naija247news.com/2018/04/02/omisego-and-vitalik-buterin-donate-1-million-in-crypto-to-charity-for-ugandan-refugees/ | accessdate = 2018-04-30 }}</ref> |
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* Donation of $93,469 worth of Ether, matched by the [[Pineapple Fund]], to the [[Internet Archive]] in 2018. |
* Donation of $93,469 worth of Ether, matched by the [[Pineapple Fund]], to the [[Internet Archive]] in 2018.{{cn}} |
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== See also == |
== See also == |
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<ref name=delcastillo2013>{{cite web |last= del Castillo |first= Michael |newspaper= [[The New Yorker]] |date= 24 September 2014 |title= Dark wallet: A radical way to Bitcoin |url= http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/currency/2013/09/dark-wallet-bitcoin.html |accessdate= 24 January 2014 |archive-url= https://www.webcitation.org/6JuBtPXLQ?url=http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/currency/2013/09/dark-wallet-bitcoin.html |archive-date= 2013-09-25 |dead-url= no |df= }}</ref> |
<ref name=delcastillo2013>{{cite web |last= del Castillo |first= Michael |newspaper= [[The New Yorker]] |date= 24 September 2014 |title= Dark wallet: A radical way to Bitcoin |url= http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/currency/2013/09/dark-wallet-bitcoin.html |accessdate= 24 January 2014 |archive-url= https://www.webcitation.org/6JuBtPXLQ?url=http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/currency/2013/09/dark-wallet-bitcoin.html |archive-date= 2013-09-25 |dead-url= no |df= }}</ref> |
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<ref name=haj2014>{{cite news |url= http://www.coindesk.com/ethererum-launches-cryptocurrency-2-0-network/ |work= CoinDesk |title= Ethereum launches ‘Cryptocurrency 2.0’ network |first= Nermin |last= Hajdarbegovic |date= 23 February 2014 |accessdate= 22 February 2014 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140203112108/http://www.coindesk.com/ethererum-launches-cryptocurrency-2-0-network/ |archive-date= 2014-02-03 |dead-url= no |df= }}</ref> |
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<ref name=melendez2014>{{cite web|date=10 February 2014|last=Melendez|first=Steven|title=Could this 20-Year-Old kid make Bitcoin obsolete?|url=http://www.fastcolabs.com/3026271/could-this-20-year-old-kid-make-bitcoin-obsolete|work=[[Fast Company (magazine)|Fast Company]]|accessdate=22 February 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140301172232/http://www.fastcolabs.com/3026271/could-this-20-year-old-kid-make-bitcoin-obsolete|archive-date=2014-03-01|dead-url=no|df=}}</ref> |
<ref name=melendez2014>{{cite web|date=10 February 2014|last=Melendez|first=Steven|title=Could this 20-Year-Old kid make Bitcoin obsolete?|url=http://www.fastcolabs.com/3026271/could-this-20-year-old-kid-make-bitcoin-obsolete|work=[[Fast Company (magazine)|Fast Company]]|accessdate=22 February 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140301172232/http://www.fastcolabs.com/3026271/could-this-20-year-old-kid-make-bitcoin-obsolete|archive-date=2014-03-01|dead-url=no|df=}}</ref> |
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<ref name=aron2014>{{cite news | url=https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg22129553.700-bitcoin-how-its-core-technology-will-change-the-world.html#.UwkwZ16cNko | accessdate=22 February 2014 | work=[[New Scientist]] | title=Bitcoin: How its core technology will change the world | date=6 February 2014 | first=Jacob | last=Aron | issue=2955 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222023511/http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg22129553.700-bitcoin-how-its-core-technology-will-change-the-world.html#.UwkwZ16cNko#.UwkwZ16cNko | archive-date=2014-02-22 | dead-url=no | df= }}</ref> |
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<ref name=bm-about>{{cite web | url=http://bitcoinmagazine.com/about-us/ | title=About us – Bitcoin Magazine | accessdate=23 February 2014 | work=Bitcoin Magazine | publisher=Coin Publishing Ltd | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140216080638/http://bitcoinmagazine.com/about-us/ | archive-date=2014-02-16 | dead-url=no | df= }}</ref> |
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<ref name=ledger2016>{{cite web | url=http://ledger.pitt.edu/ojs/index.php/ledger | title=Ledger | accessdate=4 February 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160220012255/http://ledger.pitt.edu/ojs/index.php/ledger | archive-date=2016-02-20 | dead-url=no | df= }}</ref> |
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Vitalik Buterin | |
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| Виталий Дмитриевич Бутерин | |
 Vitalik Buterin, 2016 | |
| Born | January 31, 1994 |
| Nationality | Russian-Canadian |
| Alma mater | University of Waterloo (dropped out) |
| Known for | Ethereum, Bitcoin Magazine |
| Awards | Thiel Fellowship |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Digital contracts, digital currencies, game theory |
| Website | vitalik |
Vitaly Dmitriyevich "Vitalik" Buterin (Russian: Виталий Дмитриевич Бутерин; born January 31, 1994) is a Russian-Canadian programmer and writer primarily known as a co-founder of Ethereum and as a co-founder of Bitcoin Magazine.[1][2][3]
Personal life
Buterin was born in Kolomna, Moscow Oblast, Russia, to Dmitry Buterin, a computer scientist,[4] and Natalia Ameline (née Chistyakova). He lived in the area until the age of six when his parents emigrated to Canada in search of better employment opportunities.[5] While in grade three of elementary school in Canada, Buterin was placed into a class for gifted children[6] and started to understand that he was drawn to math, programming, and economics. He also had the ability to add three-digit numbers in his head at twice the speed of his peers.[5]
Buterin attended the Abelard School, a private high school in Toronto, for four years,[7] which he said, "proved to be among the most interesting and productive years of my life; the closer connection between students and teachers [&] the level of depth at which the material was taught, made me want to learn, and to focus on learning as my primary goal".[7] Buterin has written that although he was "never particularly inspired by the traditional education system",[7] when subjects were presented with "dedication and focus on intellectual inquiry", he said:
- "I noticed my attitude and my results almost immediately and drastically change. Education is ultimately much more than simply memorizing individual facts, or even learning individual concepts. [What] matters most: learning how to think, learning how to reason and learning how to learn."[7]
Buterin learned about Bitcoin, from his father, at age 17.[5] In 2012, he obtained a bronze medal in the International Olympiad in Informatics.[8] In 2013, he visited developers in other countries who shared his enthusiasm for code. He returned to Toronto later that year and published a white paper proposing Ethereum.[9] He attended the University of Waterloo but dropped out in 2014, when he received the Thiel Fellowship in the amount of $100,000,[10] and went to work on Ethereum full-time.[10]
On June 25, 2017, Buterin was the subject of a death hoax originating from 4chan.[11]
On 30 November 2018, Vitalik Buterin received an honorary doctorate from the Faculty of Business and Economics of the University of Basel on the occasion of the Dies Academicus. [12]
Career
Beginnings at Bitcoin Magazine
Buterin met a person on a bitcoin chat forum trying to start a bitcoin blog. The owner offered five bitcoin (about $3.50) to anyone who would write an article for him. Buterin wrote for the site until its website shut down soon thereafter due to Bitcoin's lack of mainstream attention.[13]
In September 2011, another person reached out to Buterin about a new publication called Bitcoin Magazine, a position which Buterin would accept as the first co-founder, and contribute as a leading writer.[14]
In addition Buterin wrote about bitcoin-related topics for other publications, including Bitcoin Weekly.[1] Bitcoin Magazine in 2012 later began publishing a print edition and has been referred to as the first serious publication dedicated to cryptocurrencies.[15] Bitcoin Magazine was then purchased by BTC Media, where Buterin continued to write until mid-2014.[citation needed]
In addition, he held a position on the editorial board of Ledger, a peer-reviewed scholarly journal that publishes full-length original research articles on the subjects of cryptocurrency and blockchain technology.[16]
Ethereum
Buterin is a co-founder and inventor of Ethereum, described as a "decentralised mining network and software development platform rolled into one"[citation needed] that facilitates the creation of new cryptocurrencies and programs that share a single blockchain (a cryptographic transaction ledger).[17][18]
Buterin first described Ethereum in a white paper[19] in late 2013. Buterin argued that bitcoin needed a scripting language for application development. But when he failed to gain agreement, he proposed development of a new platform with a more general scripting language.[20]: 88 About the Ethereum Project, Buterin has said: "I am truly grateful to have the opportunity to work in such an interesting and interdisciplinary area of industry, where I have the chance to interact with cryptographers, mathematicians and economists prominent in their fields, to help build software and tools that already affect tens of thousands of people around the world, and to work on advanced problems in computer science, economics and philosophy every week."[7]
Open source software
Buterin has contributed as a developer to other open source software projects.[1] He also contributed to DarkWallet[21] by Cody Wilson, Bitcoin Python libraries,[22] and the cryptocurrency marketplace site Egora.[2]
Ethereum Russia
As Buterin was recognizing the economic and political relevance of the Ethereum enterprise for his native Russia, he talked shortly with Vladimir Putin on June 2nd 2017, at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF) event. The president of Russia stated that he "supported the idea of establishing ties with possible Russian partners".[23]
Awards and recognition
- Thiel Fellowship Award, 2014[citation needed]
- World Technology Award in the IT Software category, 2014[24]
- Fortune 40 under 40 list, 2016.[25]
- Forbes 30 under 30 list, 2018.[26][27]
- Fortune the ledger 40 under 40 list, 2018.[28]
- University of Basel Honorary doctorate, 2018.[29]
Philanthropy
- Donation of $763,970 worth of Ether to the Machine Intelligence Research Institute in 2017.[30]
- Donation of $2.4 million worth of Ether to the SENS Research Foundation in 2018, for the research on rejuvenation biotechnologies and human life extension.[31]
- Donation of $1 million worth of Ether in conjunction with the Ethereum-based OmiseGO open payment platform to the GiveDirectly organization aimed at helping the poorest of poor refugees in Africa, in 2018.[32]
- Donation of $93,469 worth of Ether, matched by the Pineapple Fund, to the Internet Archive in 2018.[citation needed]
See also
- Joseph Lubin – Ethereum co-founder
References
- ^ a b c Finley, Klint (27 January 2014). "Out in the open: Teenage hacker transforms web into one giant Bitcoin network". Wired. Archived from the original on 2014-02-12. Retrieved 7 February 2014.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|dead-url=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ a b Melendez, Steven (10 February 2014). "Could this 20-Year-Old kid make Bitcoin obsolete?". Fast Company. Archived from the original on 2014-03-01. Retrieved 22 February 2014.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|dead-url=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ del Castillo, Michael (24 September 2014). "Dark wallet: A radical way to Bitcoin". The New Yorker. Archived from the original on 2013-09-25. Retrieved 24 January 2014.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|dead-url=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ Brownell, Claire (2017-06-27). "Vitalik Buterin: The cryptocurrency prophet". Financial Post. Archived from the original on 2018-03-08. Retrieved 2018-03-08.
{{cite news}}: Unknown parameter|dead-url=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ a b c Peck, Morgen (2016-06-13). "The Uncanny Mind That Built Ethereum". Backchannel. WIRED. Archived from the original on 2017-07-13. Retrieved 2016-06-15.
{{cite news}}: Unknown parameter|dead-url=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ Snyder, Benjamin (2017-06-23). "Meet Vitalik Buterin, the 23-year-old founder of bitcoin rival ethereum". CNBC. Archived from the original on 2018-01-29. Retrieved 2018-03-08.
{{cite news}}: Unknown parameter|dead-url=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ a b c d e "Students". Abelard School. Archived from the original on 2017-10-07. Retrieved 7 October 2017.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|dead-url=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ "Results | IOI 2012". www.ioi2012.org. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2016-07-21.
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