- Discovered: Late 2014
- Dev Inhabitants: 250,000 (source)
- Notable Actors: Ethereum Foundation, EthResearch, Consensys
- Notable Projects: MakerDao, Aragon, CryptoKitties, Augur, 0x, Kyber, MolochDao
- Description: The most popular successor to Bitcoin and the first Smart Contract blockchain platform.
- Pros: Permissionless payments, autonomous smart contract execution, censorship resistant and decentralized design.
- Cons: Bad performance. Expensive to use. Lots of competitors.
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