Vitalik Buterin

In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Dmitrievich and the family name is Buterin.

Vitalik Buterin
Виталик Бутерин
Buterin in 2015
Born
Vitaly Dmitrievich Buterin

(1994-01-31) 31 January 1994 (age 30)
Kolomna, Russia
EducationUniversity of Waterloo
Known forEthereum, Bitcoin Magazine
AwardsThiel Fellowship
Scientific career
FieldsDigital contracts, digital currencies, game theory
WebsitePersonal website

Vitaly Dmitrievich Buterin (Russian: Вита́лий Дми́триевич Буте́рин; born 31 January[1] 1994), better known as Vitalik Buterin (Russian: Вита́лик Буте́рин), is a Canadian computer programmer and co-founder of Ethereum. Buterin became involved with cryptocurrency early in its inception, co-founding Bitcoin Magazine in 2011 [2][3] and Dark Wallet in 2013 together with Amir Taaki and Cody Wilson[4] In 2015, Buterin deployed the Ethereum blockchain with Gavin Wood, Charles Hoskinson, Anthony Di Iorio, and Joseph Lubin.[5][6][7]

  1. ^ Dmitry Buterin [@BlockGeekDima] (31 January 2022). "28 years ago, at 21, i became a father. What a beautiful messy complicated journey is being a parent! So much love, fear, conflict, joy, suffering, growth in that amazing human experience!! Happy birthday to a wonderful sensitive funny smart human @VitalikButerin 🥳🕺❤️🐥🔆" (Tweet). Retrieved 3 April 2023 – via Twitter.
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  5. ^ "Ethereum Regains Title as Second Most Valuable Cryptocurrency Behind Bitcoin". Fortune. Archived from the original on 8 January 2018. Retrieved 31 December 2020.
  6. ^ "Ethereum Becoming More Than Crypto Coder Darling, Grayscale Says". Bloomberg.com. 4 December 2020. Archived from the original on 4 December 2020. Retrieved 31 December 2020.
  7. ^ Paumgarten, Nick (15 October 2018). "The Prophets of Cryptocurrency Survey the Boom and Bust". The New Yorker. Archived from the original on 9 January 2020.