Vitalik Buterin

Co-founder of Ethereum

Vitalik Buterin is a Russian-Canadian programmer and writer best known as the co-founder of Ethereum, the world's second-largest cryptocurrency network. Before proposing Ethereum in 2013 at age 19, he co-founded Bitcoin Magazine and received a Thiel Fellowship to pursue his work in cryptocurrency. H…

1 book authored

Proof of Stake: The Making of Ethereum and the Philosophy of Blockchains

2022384 pages3.6 rating

A collection of essays by Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin exploring the technical and philosophical underpinnings of blockchain technology. The writings trace the development of Ethereum and discuss the social, economic, and political possibilities of decentralized systems.