Ethereum
Ethereum is a decentralized blockchain network that can automate "Smart Contracts"
What makes Ethereum Valuable?
Ethereum is the second biggest crytocurrency by "market cap"
Ethereum is an open source, decentralized network, owned an maintained by all users.
Unlike Bitcoin, it is a computing platform that can execute "Smart Contracts" (automatic transactions) between two or more parties when conditions are met.
The Ethereum blockchain network can be used to "codify, decentralize, secure and trade just about anything" and allows developers to build and run a huge variety of dApps (decentralized applications)-- from games to databases to financial instruments to NFT's.
Other facts about Ethereum
Vitalik Buterin is the creator of Ethereum.
Though it was the first-mover in the space, high "gas fees" have halted Ethereum's wider adoption and scalability.
Ethereum 2.0 will become a "proof-of-stake" protocol and drastically reduce fees.
Ethereum is not supply-capped, as ETH functions as "gas" to power the network; instead, it's value comes from network adoption.
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