Ethereum and Smart Contracts

Learn about the second largest cryptocurrency and revolutionary smart contract technology.

What is Ethereum?

Ethereum is a blockchain platform created by Vitalik Buterin in 2015. Unlike Bitcoin, Ethereum is not just a digital currency, it is an entire ecosystem for building decentralized applications.

Smart Contracts

A smart contract is a computer program stored on the blockchain that automatically executes when predetermined conditions are met.

EVM

EVM is the runtime environment for smart contracts in Ethereum.