{"id":365,"date":"2018-08-27T14:52:26","date_gmt":"2018-08-27T12:52:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.satt-token.com\/?p=365"},"modified":"2022-02-25T16:45:07","modified_gmt":"2022-02-25T15:45:07","slug":"whos-vitalik-buterin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/satt-token.com\/blog\/archives\/365","title":{"rendered":"Who&#8217;s Vitalik BUTERIN"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Vitalik Buterin is a Russian-Canadian programmer and writer who is best known for creating\u00a0<a title=\"What is Ethereum?\" href=\"https:\/\/www.genesis-mining.com\/what-is-ethereum\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ethereum<\/a>, which has been called \u201cthe world\u2019s hottest new cryptocurrency.\u201d There is much interest in the 23-year-old founder, prompting many to ask questions about Buterin, such as \u201cWho is he?\u201d\u00a0<a title=\"The Uncanny Mind That Built Ethereum\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wired.com\/2016\/06\/the-uncanny-mind-that-built-ethereum\/#.u88ip6pb1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wired<\/a>\u00a0gives an account in a recent article. The reporter says:<\/p>\n<p><em>I\u2019ve been told by various people that Buterin learned to speak fluent Mandarin in just a few months, that he\u2019s an autistic wunderkind, that all of his worldly possessions fit into one suitcase, that he once ate an entire lemon without removing the rind, that he\u2019s an android powered by the Ethereum network.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Yet even this detailed report barely scratches the surface. Here is a quick overview of Buterin and the\u00a0<a title=\"What is the Ethereum Blockchain?\" href=\"https:\/\/www.genesis-mining.com\/what-is-the-ethereum-blockchain\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">blockchain network<\/a>\u00a0that is changing the way people think about contracts and business funding.<\/p>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_32 counter-hierarchy counter-decimal ez-toc-grey\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\">Table des mati\u00e8res<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" style=\"display: none;\"><label for=\"item\" aria-label=\"Table des mati\u00e8res\"><i class=\"ez-toc-glyphicon ez-toc-icon-toggle\"><\/i><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\" id=\"item\"><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1'><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/satt-token.com\/blog\/archives\/365\/#Finding_the_Flame_Early\" title=\"Finding the Flame Early\">Finding the Flame Early<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/satt-token.com\/blog\/archives\/365\/#Shifting_Gears\" title=\"Shifting Gears\">Shifting Gears<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/satt-token.com\/blog\/archives\/365\/#Creating_a_New_Generation_of_Blockchain_Technology\" title=\"Creating a New Generation of Blockchain Technology\">Creating a New Generation of Blockchain Technology<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2 class=\"h2mtop\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Finding_the_Flame_Early\"><\/span>Finding the Flame Early<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Most little boys sit on the carpet, playing with matchbox cars, or run around playing tag. Buterin admits that one of his favorite childhood toys was\u00a0<a title=\"40 under 40\" href=\"http:\/\/fortune.com\/40-under-40\/vitalik-buterin-31\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Microsoft Excel<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Born in Moscow, he moved to Canada when he was only five years old and entering third grade. Teachers discovered something interesting about the boy. He could add three-digit numbers in his head at twice the speed of his peers. This got the boy a direct ticket into the gifted program, and his gifts flourished.<\/p>\n<p>As Buterin grew, his\u00a0<a title=\"Change Agents 2016: Vitalik Buterin, Ethereum\" href=\"http:\/\/www.canadianbusiness.com\/innovation\/change-agent\/vitalik-buterin-ethereum\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">dad introduced him<\/a>\u00a0to a concept that would serve as a small seed that would grow in the coming years \u2014 Bitcoin. The cryptocurrency founder\u00a0<a title=\"The Uncanny Mind That Built Ethereum\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wired.com\/2016\/06\/the-uncanny-mind-that-built-ethereum\/#.u88ip6pb1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">doesn\u2019t divulge<\/a>\u00a0why the concept was interesting, but admits that he had recently quit playing World of Warcraft and may have been looking for the next obsession.<\/p>\n<p>He set out to learn more about the idea, attending conferences and talking with thought leaders. And from this point on, he stayed laser-focused, and that focus would transform from an idea to the hottest new blockchain technology in just a matter of months.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"h2mtop\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Shifting_Gears\"><\/span>Shifting Gears<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The budding curiosity about cryptocurrency was growing, and Buterin was spending more time learning, growing and conceptualizing. Finally, he did what many great minds do (Steve Jobs, Bill Gates and Mark Zuckerberg \u2014 just to name a few). He dropped out of college. Then Buterin traveled the world to talk to people and learn more about Bitcoin.<\/p>\n<p>He wrote about his findings and published a white paper in 2013. That piece of work captured attention and landed him a $100,000\u00a0<a title=\"Vitalik Buterin Awarded Thiel Fellowship\" href=\"http:\/\/www.newsbtc.com\/2014\/06\/05\/vitalik-buterin-awarded-thiel-fellowship\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Peter Thiel Fellowship<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Shortly after, he started the Ethereum Foundation to further his research on cryptocurrency. The same year, Buterin announced the sale of Ethereum and introduction of\u00a0<a title=\"Ethereum mining\" href=\"https:\/\/www.genesis-mining.com\/ethereum\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ethereum mining<\/a>\u00a0in a\u00a0<a title=\"Launching the Ether Sale\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.ethereum.org\/2014\/07\/22\/launching-the-ether-sale\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">publication du blog<\/a>. This new currency wouldn\u2019t be just a rehash of the popular digital currency Bitcoin \u2014 it would be much different.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"h2mtop\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Creating_a_New_Generation_of_Blockchain_Technology\"><\/span>Creating a New Generation of Blockchain Technology<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The blockchain technology that Buterin created isn\u2019t just a digital currency, but a blockchain platform that performs many different tasks. For example, the cryptocurrency features contracts and the Ethereum Virtual Machine. The currency can be used for peer-to-peer contracts using \u201csmart contracts\u201d to negotiate and facilitate the agreements.<\/p>\n<p>The benefit is that the blockchain provides a decentralized method for verifying and enforcing these contracts. These smart contracts also provide greater security than traditional contracts, at lower costs. Corporate support has\u00a0<a title=\"Bigger than bitcoin? Enterprise Ethereum Alliance grows in size\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2017\/05\/23\/bigger-than-bitcoin-enterprise-ethereum-alliance-grows-in-size.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">grown rapidly<\/a>, with 86 firms, including Toyota, Merck, ING and many others, recently joining a collective that seeks to use blockchain technology to run smart contracts at Fortune 500 companies.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, you can set up and seek pledges from the community and raise money until a specified goal is reached \u2014 or an agreed-upon date. Getting rid of \u201cmiddle man\u201d companies, such as Kickstarter, means that the third party, any associated rules, and the service fees do not exist.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vitalik Buterin is a Russian-Canadian programmer and writer who is best known for creating\u00a0Ethereum, which has been called \u201cthe world\u2019s hottest new cryptocurrency.\u201d There is much interest in the 23-year-old founder, prompting many to ask questions about Buterin, such as [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":410,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[52],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-365","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-interview-lifestory"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/satt-token.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/365","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/satt-token.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/satt-token.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/satt-token.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/satt-token.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=365"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/satt-token.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/365\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11122,"href":"https:\/\/satt-token.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/365\/revisions\/11122"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/satt-token.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/410"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/satt-token.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=365"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/satt-token.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=365"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/satt-token.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=365"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}