Vitalik Buterin

Vitalik Buterin is a Russian-Canadian computer scientist, programmer, and writer. He is the founder of Ethereum, a blockchain application platform. He is also the co-founder and a writer for Bitcoin Magazine.

He was born in Russia. His parents are Dmitry Buterin and Natalia Ameline. They moved to Canada in 1999, where he attended the Abelard School in Toronto for his high school education. He recieved a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science at the University of Waterloo in 2012 to 2013.

Vitalik Buterin received the Thiel Fellowship amounting to $100,000. He dropped out from the University of Waterloo to pursue his study on blockchain technology and applications, and together with other developers founded Ethereum in 2013.

Financial condition

Forbes USA estimated Buterin's fortune at $1.3 billion and included him in the list of the most prominent new billionaires.

Philanthropy

Donation of $763,970 of Ether to the Machine Intelligence Research Institute in 2017.

Timeline

April 12, 2022

Vitalik Buterin received citizenship of Montenegro

April 7, 2022

Vitalik Buterin Quietly Donates $5M in Ethereum to Ukraine

May 17, 2021

Vitalik Buterin Donates More than $2 Million to the Methuselah Foundation

May 12, 2021

Ethereum Creator, Vitalik Buterin, Donates Over $1B to India COVID Relief

January 31, 1994

Vitalik Buterin was born in Kolomna.

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Further Resources

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- YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ri63JEEYUMI

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May 13, 2021

How A 19-Year-Old Genius Created Ethereum

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=33AYOs5UhII

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January 19, 2022

Vitalik Buterin: Ethereum 2.0 | Lex Fridman Podcast #188

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XW0QZmtbjvs

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June 3, 2021

Виталик Бутерин, Ethereum: Ответы на вопросы публики

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=29h_Uu1_MQ8

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September 1, 2017

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Vitalik Buterin talks dogecoin, analyzes Elon Musk's crypto strategy and plays down crypto's ability to change the world in an interview. Here are the 10 best quotes.

Sophie Kiderlin

June 4, 2021

markets.businessinsider.com

Ethereum co-creator Vitalik Buterin discussed collaborating with dogecoin, donating shiba inu tokens and Elon Musk's crypto strategy in a podcast interview with Lex Fridman.

Vitalik Buterin talks dogecoin, analyzes Elon Musk's crypto strategy

Sophie Kiderlin

June 4, 2021

Business Insider

Ethereum co-creator Vitalik Buterin discussed collaborating with dogecoin, donating shiba inu tokens and Elon Musk's crypto strategy in a podcast interview with Lex Fridman.

How ethereum got its name: Inside founder Vitalik Buterin's decision to name the world's most active blockchain after a medieval scientific theory

Emily Graffeo

May 30, 2021

markets.businessinsider.com

Buterin looked to science fiction terms for inspiration when he wrote the ethereum white paper in 2013, Camilla Russo said in her book, The Infinite Machine.

How Vitalik Buterin came up with the name ethereum

Emily Graffeo

May 30, 2021

Business Insider

Buterin looked to science fiction terms for inspiration when he wrote the ethereum white paper in 2013, Camilla Russo said in her book, The Infinite Machine.

Ethereum co-creator Vitalik Buterin says there's no malevolent intent behind Elon Musk's support for dogecoin

Shalini Nagarajan

May 21, 2021

markets.businessinsider.com

"I think it's reasonable to expect a bit of craziness. But I do think that the markets will learn. Elon is not going to have this influence forever."