HomeFeatured 6 Important Ethereum Co-founders to Keep an eye on FeaturedVitalik Buterin (Russian: Виталий Бутерин) is a Russian programmer and writer primarily known as a co-founder of Ethereum and as a co-founder of Bitcoin Magazine.[2][3][4]Contents 1 2 3 4 5 6 Buterin was born in Kolomna, Moscow Oblast, Russia and lived in the area until the age of six when his parents immigrated to Canada in search of better employment opportunities.While in grade three of elementary school in Canada, Buterin was placed into a class for gifted children and started to understand that he was drawn to math, programming, and economics.He also had the ability to add three digit numbers in his head at twice the speed of his peers.[5]Buterin learned about Bitcoin from his father at 17.[6]In 2012, he obtained a Bronze Medal in the International Olympiad in Informatics.[7]In 2013 he visited developers in other countries who shared his enthusiasm for code.

He returned to Toronto later that year and published a white paper proposing Ethereum.[6]He attended the University of Waterloo but dropped out in 2014, when he received the Thiel Fellowship in the amount of $100,000,[8] and went to work on Ethereum full-time.[8]Buterin currently resides in Singapore.[1]Buterin met a person on a bitcoin chat forum trying to start a bitcoin blog.The owner offered five bitcoin (about $3.50) to anyone who would write an article for him.Buterin wrote for the site until its website shut down soon thereafter due to Bitcoin's lack of mainstream attention.[9]In September 2011, another person reached out to Buterin about a new publication called Bitcoin Magazine, a position which Buterin would accept as the first co-founder, and contribute as a leading writer.In addition Buterin wrote 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]

Bitcoin Magazine was then purchased by BTC Media, where Buterin continued to write until mid-2014.bitcoin über telefonIn addition, 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]bitcoin und steuerHe is a co-creator and inventor of Ethereum, described as a “decentralised mining network and software development platform rolled into one” that facilitates the creation of new cryptocurrencies and programs that share a single blockchain (a cryptographic transaction ledger).[13][14][15]ethereum statisticsVitalik has contributed as a developer to other open source software projects.[2]litecoin gpu hashrate

Some early examples are: Kryptokit, pybitcointools, multisig.info, and btckeysplit.[16]bitcoin mining israelHe also contributed to DarkWallet [17] by Cody Wilson, Bitcoin Python libraries,[18] and the cryptocurrency marketplace site Egora.[3]bitcoin double spend problem^ a b ^ a b c ^ a b ^ ^ ^ a b ^ ^ a b ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ The 2014 World Technology Award Winner ^ 40 under 40: Vitalik Buterin, 22, Fortune, September 2016.bitcoin bank schweizMission and Vision Statement The Ethereum Foundation’s mission is to promote and support research, development and education to bring decentralized protocols and tools to the world that empower developers to produce next generation decentralized applications (dapps), and together build a more globally accessible, more free and more trustworthy Internet.ethereum rank

Foundation Team Executive Director Ming Chan An alumna of Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where she studied Computer Science and Media Arts & Sciences, Ming has a background in enterprise IT and management consulting projects, founding and growing businesses, and working with top educators, scientists, and inventors to bring inspiring research innovation to life.bitcoin blade power supplyHer interests and work include legal and regulatory matters related to blockchain technology.Foundation Council Vitalik Buterin Vitalik is the creator of Ethereum.He first discovered blockchain and cryptocurrency technologies through Bitcoin in 2011, and was immediately excited by the technology and its potential.He cofounded Bitcoin Magazine in September 2011, and after two and a half years looking at what the existing blockchain technology and applications had to offer, wrote the Ethereum white paper in November 2013.

He now leads Ethereum's research team, working on future versions of the Ethereum protocol.Website, Twitter, Github Technical Steering Group Jeffrey Wilcke Jeff is one of the founders of Ethereum.He started the first implementation of Ethereum using the Go programming language in 2013 and has been the Go team lead and head developer ever since.The Go client launched successfully on July 30, 2015, marking the release of the genesis block and Ethereum platform.Linkedin, Github Ethereum History Ethereum has been made possible thanks to many more people than would be possible to list here.A more comprehensive short history of ethereum, read this blog post by Taylor Gerring.Help write this story at the history guideMarket IntelligenceWhy Coinbase’s Cofounder Is Moving OnRobert HackettFive years after co-founding Coinbase, one of the most well-funded Bitcoin ventures, Fred Ehrsam has decided to leave the company.The former Goldman Sachs (gs) trader revealed in a blog post Wednesday that he would resign from his day-to-day role at the company at end of the month.

He plans to remain on its board.Having raised a total of $117 million in venture capital funding at a private valuation approaching half a billion dollars, Coinbase was one of the first well-designed Bitcoin wallets to enter the scene.Since its debut, the company has transformed into more of a brokerage for people to trade digital assets that exist on a blockchain, the public ledger system that undergirds digital currencies like Bitcoin.(Readabout one of those digital currencies and the network behind it here.)Ehrsam isn't the only key employee to leave Coinbase recently.Last year, Olaf Carlson-Wee, the company's earliest hire, went off to found a cryptocurrency hedge fund.Get Data Sheet, Fortune’s technology newsletter.RelatedBiotechWhy Cancer Biotech Clovis Oncology’s Stock Is SoaringBiotechWhy Cancer Biotech Clovis Oncology’s Stock Is SoaringIn an interview after announcing his planned departure, Ehrsam discussed Coinbase's battle with the IRS over obtaining information about its customers (he feels confident in the company's stance) and the growing professionalization of the Bitcoin trading world (he's all for it).

The following is an edited transcript.Fortune: Everybody seems to be leaving Coinbase.What's the deal?Ehrsam: Starts out with a heavy hitter [laughing].First of all, everyone is not leaving.The reason I feel comfortable leaving now is because the company is doing really dang well.And I think the industry is doing really dang well, to the point where it's actually feasible for the first time, in my opinion, to start building other ideas.We've accomplished a lot of things in the last six-to-nine months that made us feel like it was a good time.The business grew more than two and a half times by revenue in 2016.So the business is doing well.The second part is the executive team has grown quite stronger.We hired a VP of engineering this year.We just hired a chief risk officer, a guy named Mike Lempres, who was the CCO [chief compliance officer] at another Bitcoin company called Bitnet, the GC [general counsel] at Silicon Valley Bank, and a U.S.attorney, amongst other things.He's starting next week.The last point is we finally got the dang BitLicense [a certification for Bitcoin companies to operate in New York] after what feels like an eternity.

It's a sign that the company is maturing and strong.What are you planning to do next?Do you have any good ideas?You haven't settled on a particular thing?No, I haven't.I'm going to take a little time off.I think it's highly likely that I'll do something in the crypto space [short for cryptocurrency].Like I said, I think this is the first time it's become viable that you can build some really powerful new ideas on top of the blockchain infrastructure that's available now.Especially with Ethereum [a decentralized cryptocurrency network and rival to Bitcoin] coming onto the scene and continually strengthening.I'll take some time off and then start tinkering again.Are you thinking about founding a hedge fund like Olaf [Carlson-Wee, Coinbase's earliest hire]?Probably not a hedge fund.I'm an advisor to Polychain Capital [Carlson-Wee's fund].I believe in his thesis around blockchain-based assets [the currencies native to networks like Bitcoin and Ethereum] becoming a huge thing, especially this idea of tokens.

[Essentially, the monetary units of blockchain applications, and the fuel that keeps them humming.See some of Ehrsam's own writings on the subject.] But my desire is to build a product basically, not to start a fund.We're not going to see a "Fredcoin" are we?[Laughing]Maybe I'll do something that involves the token model.I definitely wouldn't rule that out.But I hope to God that it's not called Fredcoin.Otherwise that thing is probably not going anywhere too fast.Your exit is coming at a time when Coinbase is embroiled in a legal battle with the IRS, which is trying to get information about Coinbase's users.How is that going to shake out?The end point seems pretty clear: Coinbase as a responsible regulated institution in the United States will fall under the same, or a similar, tax reporting regime as the major banks and brokerage houses.Just like Bank of America (bac) has to file 1099 forms, or some sort of tax forms, to the government, as does a Fidelity.We're going to have to do the same.The only open question is are they [the IRS] going to retroactively impose these requirements?

I think that's a little overreaching.For more on the IRS, watch:A lot has happened in Bitcoin- and blockchain-land since you cofounded Coinbase five years ago.How do you feel about what's happened?When Coinbase was starting we thought we were seeing the birth of something that was really important—what I would almost describe as the future fabric of society—the system for who we are our, our identities; what we own, our assets.We thought it would be a better system than what we have now because it's mutually owned by everyone who's part of the system.We sit here 5 million customers later, and adding a quarter of a million every month—all time highs.It's hard not to feel good about that.I feel really good about that.Of course, with any new technology, especially one as powerful as this with such broad reaching implications, there are always going to be little bumps along the way.I think we've made bets that have been a little too early at times.But there's increasing reach and acceptance around the space as each month passes.A Bloomberg article recently mentioned how much high frequency trading has taken the Bitcoin world by storm.