Ethereum
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English
Etymology
Coined by Russian-Canadian programmer Vitalik Buterin after browsing a list of fictional elements on Wikipedia; based on ether.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɪˈθɪəɹiəm/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Noun
Ethereum (uncountable)
- An open source, blockchain-based cryptocurrency network, that features smart contracts.
- (proscribed) Ether, the cryptocurrency used in that network.
- Synonym: ETH
- 2021 March 11, Scott Reyburn, “JPG File Sells for $69 Million, as ‘NFT Mania’ Gathers Pace”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
- “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.
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