# Joker introducing Ethereum

By [Vayu Raghavan](https://paragraph.com/@vayu-raghavan) · 2022-08-15

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_Context: While bitcoin is about shared data, Ethereum is about shared computing. Therefore, Ethereum is designed less a cryptocurrency, more as a distributed tech platform. Technically speaking, while Bitcoin is just a ledger of transactions, Ethereum is made up of smart contracts which can send messages to each other by calling smart contract functions._

> **The most badass introduction which Ethereum can have is from Joker himself:**

![Credits: The Dark Knight (2008)](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/8de00b0d2b092c34b97bcfaa9bbab32934df9d864ef3b78bccfc63b2fa15f25f.gif)

Credits: The Dark Knight (2008)

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*Originally published on [Vayu Raghavan](https://paragraph.com/@vayu-raghavan/joker-introducing-ethereum)*