Vitalik Buterin

Vitalik Buterin
Vitalik Buterin
Виталик Бутерин
	Buterin in 2015
Born	Vitaly Dmitrievich Buterin; 31 January 1994 (age 30); Kolomna, Russia
Nationality	Montenegrin
Education	University of Waterloo
Known for	Ethereum, Bitcoin Magazine
Awards	Thiel Fellowship
	Scientific career
Fields	Digital contracts, digital currencies, game theory
Website	Personal website

Vitaly Dmitrievich Buterin (Russian: Вита́лий Дми́триевич Буте́рин), better known as Vitalik Buterin (Russian: Вита́лик Буте́рин; born 31 January^[2] 1994), is a Canadian computer programmer and co-founder of Ethereum. Buterin became involved with cryptocurrency early in its inception, co-founding Bitcoin Magazine in 2011.^[3]^[4]^[5] In 2014, Buterin deployed the Ethereum blockchain with Gavin Wood, Charles Hoskinson, Anthony Di Iorio, and Joseph Lubin.^[6]^[7]^[8]

^ "MFSS: Buterinu dodijeljeno državljanstvo Crne Gore". Vijesti. Retrieved 11 April 2022.
^ Dmitry Buterin [@BlockGeekDima] (31 January 2022). "28 years ago, at 21, i became a father. What a beautiful messy complicated journey is being a parent! So much love, fear, conflict, joy, suffering, growth in that amazing human experience!! Happy birthday to a wonderful sensitive funny smart human @VitalikButerin 🥳🕺❤️🐥🔆" (Tweet). Retrieved 3 April 2023 – via Twitter.
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^ "Ethereum Regains Title as Second Most Valuable Cryptocurrency Behind Bitcoin". Fortune. Archived from the original on 8 January 2018. Retrieved 31 December 2020.
^ "Ethereum Becoming More Than Crypto Coder Darling, Grayscale Says". Bloomberg.com. 4 December 2020. Archived from the original on 4 December 2020. Retrieved 31 December 2020.
^ Paumgarten, Nick (15 October 2018). "The Prophets of Cryptocurrency Survey the Boom and Bust". The New Yorker. Archived from the original on 9 January 2020.