Ethereum
An open source, blockchain-based cryptocurrency network, that features smart contracts.
Noun
- An open source, blockchain-based cryptocurrency network, that features smart contracts.
- All Ethereum clients provide a set of JSON-RPC methods for external DApps to interact with the Ethereum blockchain network. - 2019, Xun (Brian) Wu, Zhihong Zou, Dongying Song, “Ethereum Architecture and Ecosystem”, in...
- The sale documents said that once the Ethereum blockchain launched and the premined ether was issued, miners would generate new ether initially at an annual rate of 26% of the amount of ether issued in the crowdsale –...
- Ether, the cryptocurrency used in that network.
- “Everydays” was the first purely digital NFT sold by Christie’s, and it offered to accept payment in Ethereum, another first for the 255-year-old auction house. - 2021 March 11, Scott Reyburn, “JPG File Sells for $69...
Synonyms: ETH
Origin
Coined by Russian-Canadian computer scientist Vitalik Buterin after browsing a list of fictional elements on Wikipedia; based on ether.