Ethereum

Ethereum diverted attention away from bitcoin, rising to a 7-month high on news that BlackRock intends to launch an ETF fund that will include ether, CoinDesk writes. The value of ethereum rose 10% and was near the $2100 mark after documents filed with the Nasdaq exchange confirmed BlackRock’s plans.At the same time, the value of…

Ethereum was created by Vitalik Buterin, a Russian-Canadian programmer who was inspired by Bitcoin but saw its limitations. In 2013, Buterin published a white paper outlining his vision for Ethereum, a decentralized platform that could be used to build and deploy smart contracts. Smart contracts are self-executing contracts that are stored on a blockchain. They…