#  A     Ethereum

By [@zxdwrx](https://paragraph.com/@zxdwrx) · 2022-02-26

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    Ethereum (Ethereum) is a decentralized open source public blockchain platform with smart contract functions. [2][3] Ether (ETH or Ξ) is the native cryptocurrency of Ethereum. As of December 2021, Ethereum is the second most valuable cryptocurrency by market capitalization, after Bitcoin. Ethereum is the most used blockchain.
    
    The concept of Ethereum was first proposed by the programmer Vitalik Buterin in 2013-2014 after being inspired by Bitcoin, to the effect of "the next generation of cryptocurrency and decentralized application platform" [4], through ICO in 2014 Crowdfunding began to develop [5].
    
    Ethereum is also known as the "second-generation blockchain platform", second only to Bitcoin[

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