Vitalik Buterin

Vitalik Buterin
Born 31 January 1994
Russia
Residence Switzerland[1]
Fields Digital contracts, Digital currencies, Game Theory
Alma mater University of Waterloo (Dropped Out)
Known for Ethereum, Bitcoin Magazine
Notable awards Thiel Fellowship, World Technology Award
Website
about.me/vitalik_buterin

Vitalik Buterin is a programmer & writer. He is primarily known as a co-founder of Ethereum, and as a co-founder of Bitcoin Magazine.[2][3][4] In 2014, Buterin won the World Technology Award for the co-creation and invention of Ethereum.[5]

Personal Life

Buterin was born in Russia, grew up in Canada, and currently resides in Zug, Switzerland.[6]He attended the University of Waterloo but dropped out to work on blockchain projects.[7] In 2014 Buterin received the Thiel Fellowship.[8]

Endeavors

Bitcoin Journalist

Buterin became interested in bitcoin in 2011, and co-founded the periodical Bitcoin Magazine that year.[9] [2][4] As of 2014, he served as head writer for the magazine, and had written about bitcoin-related topics for other publications, including Bitcoin Weekly.[2][10] Bitcoin Magazine in 2012 later began publishing a print edition and has been referred to as the first serious publication dedicated to cryptocurrencies.[11] He held a position on the editorial board of Ledger, a peer-reviewed scholarly journal that publishes full-length original research articles on the subjects of cryptocurrency and blockchain technology.[12]

Ethereum

He is a co-creator and inventor of Ethereum, described as a “decentralized mining network and software development platform rolled into one” that facilitates the creation of new cryptocurrencies and programs that share a single block chain (a cryptographic transaction ledger).[13][14]

Open source software

Buterin has contributed as a developer to other open source software projects.[2] Some early examples are: Kryptokit, pybitcointools, multisig.info, and btckeysplit.[15] He also contributed to DarkWallet [16] by Cody Wilson, Bitcoin Python (software) libraries,[17] and the cryptocurrency marketplace site Egora.[3] as of 2016

Awards

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Der digitale Lenin".
  2. 1 2 3 4 Finley, Klint (27 January 2014). "Out in the open: Teenage hacker transforms web into one giant Bitcoin network". Wired. Retrieved 7 February 2014.
  3. 1 2 Melendez, Steven (10 February 2014). "Could this 20-Year-Old kid make Bitcoin obsolete?". Fast Company. Retrieved 22 February 2014.
  4. 1 2 del Castillo, Michael (24 September 2014). "Dark wallet: A radical way to Bitcoin". The New Yorker. Retrieved 24 January 2014.
  5. 1 2 "The 2014 World Technology Award Winners". World Technology Network. World Technology Network. Retrieved 19 November 2014.
  6. ↑ "Der digitale Lenin".
  7. ↑ Elliot, Josh (July 02, 2014). "Why a 20-year-old Toronto drop-out accepted $100,000 to stay out of school". CTV. CTV. Retrieved 25 April 2016. Check date values in: |date= (help)
  8. ↑ Elliot, Josh (July 02, 2014). "Why a 20-year-old Toronto drop-out accepted $100,000 to stay out of school". CTV. CTV. Retrieved 25 April 2016. Check date values in: |date= (help)
  9. ↑ Kelly, Brian. "Smart Money, set it and forget it". The Bitcoin Big Bang: How Alternative Currencies Are About to Change the World. Wiley Publishing. p. 155. ISBN 978-1118963661.
  10. ↑ "About us – Bitcoin Magazine". Bitcoin Magazine. Coin Publishing Ltd. Retrieved 23 February 2014.
  11. ↑ Vigna, Paul; Casey, Michael J. "Community". The Age of Cryptocurrency: How Bitcoin and the Blockchain Are Challenging ... Macmillan Publishers. p. 88. ISBN 9781250065636.
  12. ↑ "Ledger". Retrieved 4 February 2016.
  13. ↑ Aron, Jacob (6 February 2014). "Bitcoin: How its core technology will change the world". New Scientist (2955). Retrieved 22 February 2014.
  14. ↑ Hajdarbegovic, Nermin (23 February 2014). "Ethereum launches ‘Cryptocurrency 2.0’ network". CoinDesk. Retrieved 22 February 2014.
  15. ↑ Southurst, Jon (7 January 2014). "Roger Ver and Erik Voorhees Back Bitcoin Wallet KryptoKit". CoinDesk. Retrieved 25 April 2016.
  16. ↑ Kelly, Brian. "Smart Money, set it and forget it". The Bitcoin Big Bang: How Alternative Currencies Are About to Change the World. Wiley Publishing. p. 156. ISBN 978-1118963661.
  17. ↑ Antonopoulos, Andreas M. (December 20, 2014). "#4. Keys, Addresses, and Wallets". Mastering Bitcoin: Unlocking Digital Cryptocurrencies. O'Reilly Media. p. 82. ISBN 978-1449374044.
  18. ↑ Finley, Klint (5 June 2014). "$100k Peter Thiel Fellowship Awarded to Ethereum’s Vitalik Buterin". CoinDesk. Retrieved 11 August 2014.

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