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ethereum
Ethereum is a "blockchain app platform", and a "world computer".
It has Ether as a volatile cryptocurrency, with the ticker ETH. The price of ETH drops when Ethereum hodlers read news headlines like "The founder of Ethereum died in a car crash", or there are scams with initial token offerings, or ITOs. The network slows down during ITOs, or when apps are used too much, such as when too many people play a game for trading digital cats, called Cryptokitties.
It's "a decentralized platform that runs smart contracts: applications that run exactly as programmed without any possibility of downtime, censorship, fraud or third-party interference.
"These apps run on a custom built blockchain, an enormously powerful shared global infrastructure that can move value around and represent the ownership of property.
"This enables developers to create markets ... and many other things ... all without a middleman or counterparty risk.
The project was bootstrapped via an Ether ICO in August 2014.
Developers and researchers are working on various improvements improvements to the protocol and ecosystem, e.g. as described in a thread on ethresear.ch.
It has Ether as a volatile cryptocurrency, with the ticker ETH. The price of ETH drops when Ethereum hodlers read news headlines like "The founder of Ethereum died in a car crash", or there are scams with initial token offerings, or ITOs. The network slows down during ITOs, or when apps are used too much, such as when too many people play a game for trading digital cats, called Cryptokitties.
It's "a decentralized platform that runs smart contracts: applications that run exactly as programmed without any possibility of downtime, censorship, fraud or third-party interference.
"These apps run on a custom built blockchain, an enormously powerful shared global infrastructure that can move value around and represent the ownership of property.
"This enables developers to create markets ... and many other things ... all without a middleman or counterparty risk.
The project was bootstrapped via an Ether ICO in August 2014.
Developers and researchers are working on various improvements improvements to the protocol and ecosystem, e.g. as described in a thread on ethresear.ch.
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ethereum
A cryptocurrency, similar to Bitcoin, but with different technical implementations and uses. Has the second largest market capitalization (after Bitcoin), as of August 2017.
Often abbreviated as ETH or Ether.
Slighly less than 100 million ETH are in circulation and the price has risen with about 50000% (fifty thousand percent) since 2015.
Often abbreviated as ETH or Ether.
Slighly less than 100 million ETH are in circulation and the price has risen with about 50000% (fifty thousand percent) since 2015.
Ethereum
Ethereum by EDP4040450 February 1, 2022
ethereum
The original shitcoin. First described in a white paper by Vitalik Buterin in November 2013, the idea was to create a coin similar to BTC without everything that made bitcoin different or interesting in the first place.
Features include: unlimited money supply, high gas fees, proof-of-stake (whoever owns the most essentially owns the coin, and can update it at will), constantly changing monetary policy, the ability to include computer viruses (decentralized applications) in what's supposed to be a store of value for some reason.
Proponents of ETH tend to be people with far-left political views, central bankers, scammers, and foreign agents.
Features include: unlimited money supply, high gas fees, proof-of-stake (whoever owns the most essentially owns the coin, and can update it at will), constantly changing monetary policy, the ability to include computer viruses (decentralized applications) in what's supposed to be a store of value for some reason.
Proponents of ETH tend to be people with far-left political views, central bankers, scammers, and foreign agents.
Person 1: I decided to buy crypto this week. I bought 50% BTC and 50% ethereum.
Person 2: So you spent 50% of your money on shitcoins? What's the point? Even LTC is better than that garbage...
Person 2: So you spent 50% of your money on shitcoins? What's the point? Even LTC is better than that garbage...
ethereum by JamesReady420 June 7, 2025
Ethereum Killer
Any decentralized smart contract platform that can scale, remove user fees, govern itself by the community, or ruffle Vitalik's feathers on an otherwise pleasant day.
Ethereum Killer by SuddenAnalysis July 25, 2018
ethereum proof of stake
currently as of 8/17/22, Ethereum has postponed the transition from proof of work to proof of stake so many times, it is reasonable to assume it will not occur. worst case scenario is transition from proof of work to proof of stake transition takes place. then $200 billion loss occurs divided in the following groups, Ethereum holders ( due to instant crash), and less to miners because there is always etc mining
Yooo did you hear about the merge coming up, Ethereum proof of stake
- Bruhh you been saying this for almost a decade, and i still doubt it ever will happen
yooo what if it does happen?
- Bruhh quit sniffing that ether, you lose brain cell
yo idc, if ether is the death of me..at least we will be minus zero or burred lower than the ground
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- Bruhh you been saying this for almost a decade, and i still doubt it ever will happen
yooo what if it does happen?
- Bruhh quit sniffing that ether, you lose brain cell
yo idc, if ether is the death of me..at least we will be minus zero or burred lower than the ground
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ethereum proof of stake by Dop3matt3r_ August 17, 2022
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A dead drop is a location used to secretly pass items between two people, without requiring them to meet.
Spies have been known to use dead drops, using various techniques to hide the items and to signal that the drop has been made. Drug dealers use this as well.
A common place is to duct tape the item to the underside of a toilet cover in a public restroom.
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Spies have been known to use dead drops, using various techniques to hide the items and to signal that the drop has been made. Drug dealers use this as well.
A common place is to duct tape the item to the underside of a toilet cover in a public restroom.
A signal is sometimes used as well to indicate there is something to pickup, like a pile of stones in a certain formation. After checking the drop the signal is removed.
"The dead drop is the restroom toilet at the Gulf station at the corner of Commercial Ave. and Georges Rd."
dead drop by rubberroom July 23, 2008
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