Ethereum, a decentralized blockchain platform, was created by Vitalik Buterin, a Russian-Canadian programmer and blockchain enthusiast. The history of Ethereum began in late 2013 when Buterin released a white paper outlining the concept and design of the platform. Buterin's vision was to build a blockchain that could support smart contracts, which are self-executing contracts with the terms of the agreement directly written into the code. He believed that this functionality would enable ...