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Ethereum is a platform and a programming language that helps developers to build and publish next-generation distributed applications. It can be used to codify, decentralize, secure and trade just about anything: voting, domain names, financial exchanges, crowdfunding, company governance, contracts and agreements of most kind, intellectual property and even smart property thanks to hardware integration.
| Type | Private | |
| Founded | 2014 | |
| HQ | Zug, CH | Map |
| Website | ethereum.org |
Latest Updates
| Employees (est.) (Mar 2019) | 266 | (+2%) |
Key People/Management at Ethereum
Jeffrey Wilcke
Technical Steering Group
Vitalik Buterin
Foundation Council
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Ethereum Office Locations
Ethereum has offices in Zug and Berlin
Zug, CH (HQ)
7A Zeughausgasse
Berlin, DE
6 Oranienstraße
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Ethereum Financials and Metrics
Summary Metrics
Founding Date | 2014 |
Cryptocurrency | Ethereum (ETH) |
Ethereum Operating Metrics
| Jan, 2017 | Feb, 2017 | Mar, 2017 | Apr, 2017 | May, 2017 | Jun, 2017 | Jul, 2017 | Aug, 2017 | Sep, 2017 | Oct, 2017 | Nov, 2017 | Dec, 2017 | Jan, 2018 | Feb, 2018 | Mar, 2018 | Apr, 2018 | |
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Average Daily Transactions Volume | $16.83 m | $16.68 m | $139.51 m | $105.14 m | $473.55 m | $1.15 b | $1 b | $1.07 b | $810.34 m | $433.14 m | $1.06 b | $2.66 b | $5.45 b | $2.98 b | $1.73 b | $2.02 b |
Average Daily Transactions Volume (Ethereum Classic) | $2.16 m | $2.07 m | $1.98 m | $1.84 m | $1.63 m | $1.42 m | $1.38 m | $1.31 m | $1.32 m | $35.48 m | $372.86 m | $554.83 m | $568.77 m | $580.26 m | $316.03 m | $180.53 m |
Average Daily Transactions | 45.20 k | 50.11 k | 77.70 k | 83.83 k | 134.72 k | 303.06 k | 375.24 k | 532.25 k | 533.73 k | 591.20 k | 762.92 k | 1.05 m | 1.12 m | 794 k | 653.61 k | 695.89 k |
Average Daily Transactions (Ethereum Classic) | 18.27 k | 20.12 k | 21.30 k | 23.37 k | 30.09 k | 29.03 k | 30.98 k | 34.99 k | 37.98 k | 37.84 k | 42 k | 49.53 k | 53.24 k | 47.40 k | 47.10 k | 36.33 k |
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Ethereum Online and Social Media Presence
440.44k Twitter followers
Ethereum has 440.44k Twitter Followers. The number of followers has increased 0.2% month over month and increased 1.3% quarter over quarter
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Twitter Engagement Stats for @ethereum
2k
Tweets
0
Following
440.4k
Followers
75
Tweets last 30 days
19.4
Avg. likes per Tweet
100%
Tweets with engagement
Ethereum News and Updates
March 20, 2019
North Korean dissidents are using Ethereum to overthrow Kim Jong-un
Political dissidents known as the Cheollima Civil Defense (CCD) are selling special “post-liberation blockchain visas” for cryptocurrency in a bid to raise funds for overthrowing Kim Jong-un — and they’ve already collected over $57,000 in Bitcoin. Much like internationally recognized visas, CCD says…
March 19, 2019
How Could Ethereum Development Be Funded? Perhaps Through This Decentralized Autonomous Organization
How do you coordinate and fund the development of a decentralized project? Why, a decentralized autonomous organization, of course. Hence, MolochDAO.
March 17, 2019
How Ethereum Applications Earn A+ Security Ratings
More than 1.2 million ethereum applications have used a little-known security tool from Amberdata to help avoid costly errors from smart contracts.
March 14, 2019
Amun AG lists physical Ethereum ETP on SIX Swiss Exchange
Amun AG, a Swiss fintech aiming to facilitate access to crypto-asset investments, has recently launc...
March 13, 2019
Ethereum insiders deny there’s only one computer keeping a copy of its blockchain
Ethereum‘s most recent fork was (eventually) successful, but it came with unintended consequence: the greater cryptocurrency community learned of its special “big, scary nodes,” and immediately freaked out. Blockchain infrastructure provider BlockCypher recently posted its version of events leading …
March 13, 2019
Abra finally treats its users as adults, lets them handle Ethereum directly
Yesterday, cryptocurrency wallet and services provider, Abra, announced that users can now purchase Ethereum through its Android and iOS apps. You’d be forgiven if you thought this was already the case, but it wasn’t. Let me explain. With the new update, users can now add and withdraw actual Ethereu…
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Ethereum Blogs
February 22, 2019
Ethereum Constantinople/St. Petersburg Upgrade Announcement
The Ethereum network will be undergoing a scheduled upgrade at block number 7,280,000, which is predicted to occur on Thursday, February 28, 2019. The exact date is subject to change depending on block times between now and then and could be activated 1-2 days before or after. A countdown timer...
February 21, 2019
Ethereum Foundation Grants Program Wave 5
The Ethereum Foundation Grants Program is an ongoing and continually improving experiment into how the EF can best invest the Ethereum community’s resources for the highest long-term impact on the Ethereum ecosystem. When the Grants Program began in early 2018, the core focus was on supporting sca…
January 15, 2019
Security Alert: Ethereum Constantinople Postponement
The Ethereum Core Developers and the Ethereum Security Community were made aware of the potential Constantinople-related issues identified by ChainSecurity on January 15, 2019. We are investigating any potential vulnerabilities and will follow with updates in this blog post and across social media c…
January 11, 2019
Ethereum Constantinople Upgrade Announcement
The Ethereum network will be undergoing a scheduled upgrade at block number 7,080,000, which is predicted to occur on Wednesday, January 16, 2019. The exact date is subject to change depending on block times between now and then and could be activated 1-2 days before or after. A countdown timer...
January 07, 2019
Announcing an Ethereum Foundation Grant to Parity Technologies
The Ethereum Foundation is thrilled to announce a scalability, usability and security grant of five million dollars (USD) to Parity Technologies. For several years, Parity Technologies has been an invaluable member of the Ethereum ecosystem for their leadership in core development efforts, their Par…
December 19, 2018
Call for Submissions! DApps Solving Real-World Issues
Help identify dApps impacting emerging economies and communities around the world! At Devcon 4, Aya Miyaguchi gave a talk about the Ethereum Foundation’s values, about Ethereum as being representative of hope for an open future, and about a better world that we can build by applying this philosoph…
Ethereum Frequently Asked Questions
When was Ethereum founded?
Ethereum was founded in 2014.
Who are Ethereum key executives?
Ethereum's key executives are Jeffrey Wilcke and Vitalik Buterin.
How many employees does Ethereum have?
Ethereum has 266 employees.
Who are Ethereum competitors?
Competitors of Ethereum include Bitcoin, NEO and Cardano.
Where is Ethereum headquarters?
Ethereum headquarters is located at 7A Zeughausgasse, Zug.
Where are Ethereum offices?
Ethereum has offices in Zug and Berlin.
How many offices does Ethereum have?
Ethereum has 2 offices.