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Ethereum 2.0

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Even if you are someone relatively unfamiliar with the crypto ecosystem, you’ve probably heard of Ethereum. It is the most famous cryptocurrency after Bitcoin, Ethereum forever changed the use cases of the blockchain. From an open ledger to facilitate only peer-to-peer transfers of money, the blockchain became a platform upon which smart contracts and decentralized applications, the famous DAPPS, could be built.  After all, the much expected Ethereum 2.0 is scheduled to launch this year. But more on that later, in our Ethereum analysis, where we answer the question: What is Ethereum? “A global, open-source platform for decentralised applications”. That’s the one-line description on ethereum.org. With thousands of games, decentralised exchanges and finance apps running on top of the Ethereum blockchain, not to mention tokens, it’s right on point.  This extended functionality for the bloc...

What is Ethereum?

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What on earth is Ethereum ?  I mean, I keep hearing about it all the time, I’ve seen it’s the second largest cryptocurrency around but I just can’t seem to wrap my head around it.  Is it as revolutionary as Bitcoin? Can it actually change the world as we know it?  If you want to have a better understanding of Ethereum, but are tired of explanations that sound like complete technical gibberish, stick around cuz' today i will clarify you about Ethereum.  Ethereum was first proposed in late 2013 and then brought to life in 2014 by Vitalik Buterin who at the time was the co-founder of Bitcoin Magazine. Ethereum is the Do It Yourself platform for decentralized programs also known as Dapps - decentralized apps . If you want to create a decentralized program that no single person controls, not even you even though you wrote it, all you have to do is learn the Ethereum programming language called Solidity and begin coding .  The Ethereum plat...