Ethereum is a decentralized, open-source blockchain technology that enables the creation and execution of smart contracts and decentralized applications (dApps). Ethereum was created by Vitalik Buterin in 2013 and launched in 2015 as a decentralized platform for building blockchain-based applications. Unlike Bitcoin, which was designed primarily as a peer-to-peer digital currency, Ethereum was designed to facilitate the creation of decentralized applications that can be built on top of its bl...