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The following are some interesting questions that can be answered by reading this timeline: | The following are some interesting questions that can be answered by reading this timeline: | ||
| − | * | + | * What are some notable events occurring during the early development of Ethereum? |
**Sort the full timeline by "Event type" and look for the group of rows with value "Early development". | **Sort the full timeline by "Event type" and look for the group of rows with value "Early development". | ||
| − | * | + | ** You will mostly see events related to {{w|Vitalik Buterin}}, the creator of Ethereum. |
| − | + | * What are some of the numerous events describing adoption of the Ethereum blockchain, whether as technology or currency? | |
| − | * You will mostly see | + | **Sort the full timeline by "Event type" and look for the group of rows with value "Adoption". |
| − | + | ** You will see multiple examples of adoption of Ethereum blockchain, often by organizations of great magnitude like {{w|Microsoft}}. | |
| − | * What are some of the numerous events describing Ethereum blockchain | ||
| − | **Sort the full timeline by "Event type" and look for the group of rows with value " | ||
* What are some notable events related to Ethereum mining? | * What are some notable events related to Ethereum mining? | ||
**Sort the full timeline by "Event type" and look for the group of rows with value "Mining". | **Sort the full timeline by "Event type" and look for the group of rows with value "Mining". | ||
* What are the several protocols released with the purpose to upgrade the Ethereum blockchain? | * What are the several protocols released with the purpose to upgrade the Ethereum blockchain? | ||
**Sort the full timeline by "Event type" and look for the group of rows with value "Protocol release". | **Sort the full timeline by "Event type" and look for the group of rows with value "Protocol release". | ||
| + | * What are some important events describing the development of the Ethereum blockchain? | ||
| + | ** Sort the full timeline by "Event type" and look for the group of rows with value "Ethereum blockchain development". | ||
* What are some events describing the evolution of Ethereum valuation? | * What are some events describing the evolution of Ethereum valuation? | ||
| − | **Sort the full timeline by "Event type" and look for the group of rows with value "Valuation". | + | ** Sort the full timeline by "Event type" and look for the group of rows with value "Valuation". |
| + | * What are some notable wallets released with the purpose to store Ethereum? | ||
| + | **Sort the full timeline by "Event type" and look for the group of rows with value "Wallet release". | ||
** You will mostly see events describing notable thresholds in valuation surpassed by Eth. | ** You will mostly see events describing notable thresholds in valuation surpassed by Eth. | ||
* What are events describing launches of tokens based in the Ethereum blockchain? | * What are events describing launches of tokens based in the Ethereum blockchain? | ||
**Sort the full timeline by "Event type" and look for the group of rows with value "Ethereum blockchain token release". | **Sort the full timeline by "Event type" and look for the group of rows with value "Ethereum blockchain token release". | ||
| − | * | + | * What are some events describing security issues related to Ethereum? |
| − | **Sort the full timeline by "Event type" and look for the group of rows with value " | + | ** Sort the full timeline by "Event type" and look for the group of rows with value "Security". |
| − | "Open-sourcing" | + | ** You will mostly see events describing hacking attacks attempting to steal funds. |
| + | * What are some events describing the evolution of Ethereum valuation? | ||
| + | ** Sort the full timeline by "Event type" and look for the group of rows with value "Valuation". | ||
| + | * What are some comments on Ethereum being expressed by notable individuals? | ||
| + | **Sort the full timeline by "Event type" and look for the group of rows with value "Notable comment". | ||
| + | * Other events are described under the following types: "Competition", "Leadership", "Official response", "Open-sourcing", "Partnership", "Philanthropy", "Prelude", "Supply", and "Userbase". | ||
== Summary by year == | == Summary by year == | ||
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| 2013 || Prelude || Vitalik Buterin releases the Ethereum white paper, proposing a new platform which would allow for decentralized application to mark the start of a new era of online transactions.<ref name="Nebeusd">{{cite web |title=What is Ethereum and How Does it Work? - Nebeus blog |url=https://nebeus.com/what-is-ethereum-and-how-does-it-work/ |website=Nebeus |access-date=9 April 2021 |date=18 July 2020}}</ref><ref name=".plus500">{{cite web |title=The History of Ethereum {{!}} Plus500 |url=https://www.plus500.com/Instruments/ETHUSD/The-History-of-Ethereum~4 |website=www.plus500.com |access-date=18 February 2021}}</ref> | | 2013 || Prelude || Vitalik Buterin releases the Ethereum white paper, proposing a new platform which would allow for decentralized application to mark the start of a new era of online transactions.<ref name="Nebeusd">{{cite web |title=What is Ethereum and How Does it Work? - Nebeus blog |url=https://nebeus.com/what-is-ethereum-and-how-does-it-work/ |website=Nebeus |access-date=9 April 2021 |date=18 July 2020}}</ref><ref name=".plus500">{{cite web |title=The History of Ethereum {{!}} Plus500 |url=https://www.plus500.com/Instruments/ETHUSD/The-History-of-Ethereum~4 |website=www.plus500.com |access-date=18 February 2021}}</ref> | ||
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| − | | 2014 || Initial sale|| Ether officially goes on sale for the first time. The Yellow paper is released. | + | | 2014 || Initial sale || Ether officially goes on sale for the first time. The Yellow paper is released. |
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| − | | 2015 || Project implementation || The Ethereum network goes live.<ref name="The history of Ethereumv"/><ref name=".plus500"/> | + | | 2015 || Project implementation || Ethereum mainnet launches. The Ethereum network goes live.<ref name="The history of Ethereumv"/><ref name=".plus500"/><ref name="Mediumvvv"/> |
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| 2016 || Major split || Ethereum is split into two separate blockchains, Ethereum, and Ethereum Classic, as a result of a US$50 million worth of funds being hacked.<ref name=".plus500"/><ref>{{cite web |last1=Frankenfield |first1=Jake |title=Ethereum |url=https://www.investopedia.com/terms/e/ethereum.asp |website=Investopedia |access-date=9 April 2021 |language=en}}</ref> | | 2016 || Major split || Ethereum is split into two separate blockchains, Ethereum, and Ethereum Classic, as a result of a US$50 million worth of funds being hacked.<ref name=".plus500"/><ref>{{cite web |last1=Frankenfield |first1=Jake |title=Ethereum |url=https://www.investopedia.com/terms/e/ethereum.asp |website=Investopedia |access-date=9 April 2021 |language=en}}</ref> | ||
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| 2017 || {{w|Cryptocurrency bubble}} || Ethereum valuation skyrockets 7,785.3% in the year as a result of the cryptocurrency boom. Enterprise Ethereum Alliance Launches.<ref name="Mediumvvv">{{cite web |title=Medium |url=https://media.consensys.net/the-timeline-to-ethereum-d143ba1f6878 |website=Medium |access-date=11 April 2021 |language=en}}</ref> | | 2017 || {{w|Cryptocurrency bubble}} || Ethereum valuation skyrockets 7,785.3% in the year as a result of the cryptocurrency boom. Enterprise Ethereum Alliance Launches.<ref name="Mediumvvv">{{cite web |title=Medium |url=https://media.consensys.net/the-timeline-to-ethereum-d143ba1f6878 |website=Medium |access-date=11 April 2021 |language=en}}</ref> | ||
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| − | | 2018 || | + | | 2018 || Bubble crash and correction || Ethereum loses 84.8% of its value. |
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| 2019 || Consolidation || Ethereum becomes the second largest cryptocurrency, second only to Bitcoin.<ref>{{cite web |title=What is Ethereum and How Does it Work? - Nebeus blog |url=https://nebeus.com/what-is-ethereum-and-how-does-it-work/ |website=Nebeus |access-date=9 April 2021 |date=18 July 2020}}</ref> Istanbul and Constantinople forks occur. | | 2019 || Consolidation || Ethereum becomes the second largest cryptocurrency, second only to Bitcoin.<ref>{{cite web |title=What is Ethereum and How Does it Work? - Nebeus blog |url=https://nebeus.com/what-is-ethereum-and-how-does-it-work/ |website=Nebeus |access-date=9 April 2021 |date=18 July 2020}}</ref> Istanbul and Constantinople forks occur. | ||
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| − | == | + | == Numerical and visual data == |
| − | + | === Google Scholar === | |
| − | + | The following table summarizes per-year mentions on Google Scholar as of May 27, 2021. | |
| + | {| class="sortable wikitable" | ||
| + | ! Year | ||
| + | ! ethereum | ||
| + | ! ethereum blockchain | ||
| + | ! smart contracts ethereum | ||
| + | ! ethereum hyperledger | ||
| + | ! ethereum proof | ||
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| + | | 2013 || 59 || 23 || 9 || 3 || 12 | ||
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| + | | 2014 || 166 || 81 || 49 || || 62 | ||
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| + | | 2015 || 307 || 229 || 143 || 8 || 159 | ||
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| + | | 2016 || 992 || 788 || 526 || 97 || 527 | ||
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| + | | 2017 || 3,360 || 2,910 || 1,770 || 529 || 1,680 | ||
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| + | | 2018 || 9,020 || 8,220 || 4,970 || 1,590 || 4,800 | ||
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| + | | 2019 || 12,000 || 10,300 || 7,230 || 2,600 || 6,970 | ||
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| + | | 2020 || 13,000 || 12,400 || 8,380 || 3,550 || 7,990 | ||
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| + | |} | ||
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=== Google Trends === | === Google Trends === | ||
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[[File:Bitcoin and Ethereum wv.png|thumb|center|400px]] | [[File:Bitcoin and Ethereum wv.png|thumb|center|400px]] | ||
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| + | === Other === | ||
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| + | The chart below shows the Ethereum price evolution in USD, in logarithmic scale, from July 30, 2015 to April 1, 2021.<ref name="DSS">{{cite web |title=DATA FILE DOWNLOADS |url=https://coinmetrics.io/community-network-data/ |website=coinmetrics.io}}</ref> | ||
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| + | [[File:Eth price log.png|thumb|center|700px]] | ||
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| + | The chart below shows the Ethereum price evolution in USD, from July 30 2015 to April 1 2021.<ref name="DSS"/> | ||
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| + | [[File:Eth price.png|thumb|center|700px]] | ||
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| + | The chart below shows the Ethereum hash rate evolution, from July 30 2015 to April 1 2021.<ref name="DSS"/> | ||
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| + | [[File:Eth hash rate.png|thumb|center|700px]] | ||
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| + | The chart below shows the Ethereum hash rate evolution in logarithmic scale, from July 30 2015 to April 1 2021.<ref name="DSS"/> | ||
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| + | [[File:Eth hash rate log.png|thumb|center|700px]] | ||
==Full timeline== | ==Full timeline== | ||
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! Year !! Month and date !! Event type !! Details | ! Year !! Month and date !! Event type !! Details | ||
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| − | | 1994 || January 31 || Prelude || {{w|Vitalik Buterin}} is born in {{w|Kolomna}}, {{w|Russia}}. | + | | 1994 || January 31 || Prelude || {{w|Vitalik Buterin}} is born in {{w|Kolomna}}, {{w|Russia}}.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Academy |first1=Bit2Me |title=Who is Vitalik Buterin? |url=https://academy.bit2me.com/en/who-is-vitalik-buterin/ |website=Bit2Me Academy |access-date=11 April 2021 |language=en |date=12 April 2019}}</ref> |
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| 2013 || November 27 || Early development || {{w|Vitalik Buterin}} publishes the Ethereum introductory paper.<ref name="The history of Ethereumv"/> | | 2013 || November 27 || Early development || {{w|Vitalik Buterin}} publishes the Ethereum introductory paper.<ref name="The history of Ethereumv"/> | ||
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| 2013 || December 31 || Early development || {{w|Vitalik Buterin}} publishes the Bootstrapping a Decentralized Autonomous Corporation article series.<ref name="Archive">{{cite web |last1=Foundation |first1=Ethereum |title=Archive |url=https://blog.ethereum.org/archive/#2013-december |website=blog.ethereum.org |access-date=25 March 2021 |language=en}}</ref> | | 2013 || December 31 || Early development || {{w|Vitalik Buterin}} publishes the Bootstrapping a Decentralized Autonomous Corporation article series.<ref name="Archive">{{cite web |last1=Foundation |first1=Ethereum |title=Archive |url=https://blog.ethereum.org/archive/#2013-december |website=blog.ethereum.org |access-date=25 March 2021 |language=en}}</ref> | ||
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| 2014 || January || Early development || Ethereum is announced at the North American {{w|Bitcoin}} Conference in {{w|Miami}}.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Paumgarten |first1=Nick |title=The Prophets of Cryptocurrency Survey the Boom and Bust |url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2018/10/22/the-prophets-of-cryptocurrency-survey-the-boom-and-bust |website=The New Yorker |access-date=25 March 2021 |language=en-us}}</ref> | | 2014 || January || Early development || Ethereum is announced at the North American {{w|Bitcoin}} Conference in {{w|Miami}}.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Paumgarten |first1=Nick |title=The Prophets of Cryptocurrency Survey the Boom and Bust |url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2018/10/22/the-prophets-of-cryptocurrency-survey-the-boom-and-bust |website=The New Yorker |access-date=25 March 2021 |language=en-us}}</ref> | ||
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| 2015 || May 9 || Early development || The Ethereum Foundation announces the release of Olympic, the ninth in the Ethereum Proof-of-Concept series, with the purpose to reward people who try to test the limits of the Ethereum blockchain during the pre-release period.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Foundation |first1=Ethereum |title=Olympic: Frontier Pre-Release |url=https://blog.ethereum.org/2015/05/09/olympic-frontier-pre-release/ |website=blog.ethereum.org |access-date=25 March 2021 |language=en}}</ref><ref name="Hollanderv"/> | | 2015 || May 9 || Early development || The Ethereum Foundation announces the release of Olympic, the ninth in the Ethereum Proof-of-Concept series, with the purpose to reward people who try to test the limits of the Ethereum blockchain during the pre-release period.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Foundation |first1=Ethereum |title=Olympic: Frontier Pre-Release |url=https://blog.ethereum.org/2015/05/09/olympic-frontier-pre-release/ |website=blog.ethereum.org |access-date=25 March 2021 |language=en}}</ref><ref name="Hollanderv"/> | ||
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| − | | 2015 || May 14 || | + | | 2015 || May 14 || Adoption|| “eπ” Ethereum-on-Raspberry Pi programme is rolled out, with the purpose to place a full Ethereum node on the internet to communities around the world.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Foundation |first1=Ethereum |title=Announcing eπ: Ethereum on Raspberry Pi Programme |url=https://blog.ethereum.org/2015/05/14/announcing-e%CF%80-ethereum-on-raspberry-pi-programme/ |website=blog.ethereum.org |access-date=25 March 2021 |language=en}}</ref> |
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| 2015 || July 30 || Protocol release || The Ethereum Genesis block is generated and loaded, marking the inception of Frontier, the first Live release of the Ethereum project.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Foundation |first1=Ethereum |title=Ethereum Launches |url=https://blog.ethereum.org/2015/07/30/ethereum-launches/ |website=blog.ethereum.org |access-date=25 March 2021 |language=en}}</ref><ref name="The history of Ethereumv"/><ref>{{cite web |last1=Foundation |first1=Ethereum |title=Ethereum Launches |url=https://blog.ethereum.org/2015/07/30/ethereum-launches/ |website=blog.ethereum.org |access-date=25 March 2021 |language=en}}</ref> The Ethereum mining network and the ability to execute contracts are first released.<ref>{{cite web |title=Ethereum Launches Long-Awaited Decentralized App Network |url=https://www.coindesk.com/ethereum-decentralized-app-network-launch |website=CoinDesk |access-date=23 February 2021 |language=en |date=30 July 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Vapor No More: Ethereum Has Launched |url=https://techcrunch.com/2015/08/01/vapor-no-more-ethereum-has-launched/ |website=TechCrunch |access-date=21 February 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Ethereum Launches; But Leaked Chat Says Project Needs ‘Years More’ |url=https://cointelegraph.com/news/ethereum-launches-but-leaked-chat-says-project-needs-years-more |website=Cointelegraph |access-date=23 February 2021 |language=en}}</ref> 72 million coins are premined.<ref name="tapscott2016">{{Cite book |last1=Tapscott |first1=Don |title=The Blockchain Revolution: How the Technology Behind Bitcoin is Changing Money, Business, and the World |last2=Tapscott |first2=Alex |publisher=Portfolio |year=2016 |isbn=978-0670069972}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Foundation |first=Ethereum |date=30 July 2015 |title=Ethereum Launches |url=https://blog.ethereum.org/2015/07/30/ethereum-launches/ |access-date=4 March 2021|website=blog.ethereum.org}}</ref> This thawing fork sets the default gasPrice (gas is the pricing value required to successfully conduct a transaction or execute a contract on the Ethereum blockchain platform).<ref name="The history of Ethereumv"/> | | 2015 || July 30 || Protocol release || The Ethereum Genesis block is generated and loaded, marking the inception of Frontier, the first Live release of the Ethereum project.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Foundation |first1=Ethereum |title=Ethereum Launches |url=https://blog.ethereum.org/2015/07/30/ethereum-launches/ |website=blog.ethereum.org |access-date=25 March 2021 |language=en}}</ref><ref name="The history of Ethereumv"/><ref>{{cite web |last1=Foundation |first1=Ethereum |title=Ethereum Launches |url=https://blog.ethereum.org/2015/07/30/ethereum-launches/ |website=blog.ethereum.org |access-date=25 March 2021 |language=en}}</ref> The Ethereum mining network and the ability to execute contracts are first released.<ref>{{cite web |title=Ethereum Launches Long-Awaited Decentralized App Network |url=https://www.coindesk.com/ethereum-decentralized-app-network-launch |website=CoinDesk |access-date=23 February 2021 |language=en |date=30 July 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Vapor No More: Ethereum Has Launched |url=https://techcrunch.com/2015/08/01/vapor-no-more-ethereum-has-launched/ |website=TechCrunch |access-date=21 February 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Ethereum Launches; But Leaked Chat Says Project Needs ‘Years More’ |url=https://cointelegraph.com/news/ethereum-launches-but-leaked-chat-says-project-needs-years-more |website=Cointelegraph |access-date=23 February 2021 |language=en}}</ref> 72 million coins are premined.<ref name="tapscott2016">{{Cite book |last1=Tapscott |first1=Don |title=The Blockchain Revolution: How the Technology Behind Bitcoin is Changing Money, Business, and the World |last2=Tapscott |first2=Alex |publisher=Portfolio |year=2016 |isbn=978-0670069972}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Foundation |first=Ethereum |date=30 July 2015 |title=Ethereum Launches |url=https://blog.ethereum.org/2015/07/30/ethereum-launches/ |access-date=4 March 2021|website=blog.ethereum.org}}</ref> This thawing fork sets the default gasPrice (gas is the pricing value required to successfully conduct a transaction or execute a contract on the Ethereum blockchain platform).<ref name="The history of Ethereumv"/> | ||
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| − | | 2015 || September 8 || Protocol release || Hard fork under code name Ice Age occurs at block number 200,000. | + | | 2015 || September 8 || Protocol release || Hard fork under code name Ice Age occurs at block number 200,000, introducing the Difficulty Bomb, a mechanism designed to move the network's consensus mechanism away from Proof-of-Work to Proof-of-Stake.<ref name="Ethereum C">{{cite web |title=Roadmap |url=https://ethereumclassic.org/knowledge/roadmap |website=Ethereum Classic |access-date=11 April 2021 |language=en}}</ref> |
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| − | | 2015 || October 4 || | + | | 2015 || October 4 || Adoption|| English musician {{w|Imogen Heap}} manages to release single ''Tiny Human'' as a digital contract and demonstrates that music can be shared transparently and completely fairly on a blockchain without the need for intermediaries of any kind, showing how smart music contracts work using Ethereum.<ref>{{cite web |title=Imogen Heap shows how smart music contracts work using Ethereum |url=https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/imogen-heap-shows-how-music-smart-contracts-work-using-ethereum-1522331 |website=International Business Times UK |access-date=23 February 2021 |language=en |date=4 October 2015}}</ref> |
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| − | | 2015 || October 28 || | + | | 2015 || October 28 || Adoption|| {{w|Microsoft}} partners with blockchain software technology company {{w|ConsenSys}} with the purpose to use Ethereum to provide {{w|Blockchain-as-a-Service}}. Business users of Microsoft’s cloud-based Azure service would thus be able to access Ethereum Blockchain-as-a-Service, or ‘E BaaS’.<ref>{{cite web |title=Microsoft Partners With ConsenSys To Use Ethereum To Provide Blockchain-As-A-Service |url=https://techcrunch.com/2015/10/28/microsoft-partners-with-consensys-to-use-ethereum-to-provide-blockchain-as-a-service/ |website=TechCrunch |access-date=23 February 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Prisco |first1=Giulio |title=Microsoft Partners with Ethereum Company, Offers Cloud-Based Blockchain Application Development Platform to Its Clients |url=https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/microsoft-partners-with-ethereum-company-offers-cloud-based-blockchain-application-development-platform-to-its-clients-1446484607 |website=bitcoinmagazine.com |access-date=23 February 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Microsoft Rolls Out Ethereum Toolkit for Business Users |url=https://www.coindesk.com/microsoft-rolls-out-ethereum-toolkit-for-business-users |website=CoinDesk |access-date=23 February 2021 |language=en |date=28 October 2015}}</ref> |
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| − | | 2015 || December 8 || | + | | 2015 || December 8 || Adoption|| {{w|Microsoft}} announces plan to expand its Ethereum tools is also planned with “C++ Ethereum”, a combo consisting in two flexible languages, and Ethereum on Windows Server.<ref>{{cite web |title=Microsoft Adds Ripple to Azure Blockchain Service, Expands Ethereum Tools {{!}} Finance Magnates |url=https://www.financemagnates.com/cryptocurrency/innovation/microsoft-adds-ripple-to-azure-blockchain-service-expands-ethereum-tools/ |website=Finance Magnates {{!}} Financial and business news |access-date=23 February 2021 |language=en |date=8 December 2015}}</ref> |
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| 2016 || January 28 || Market capitalization || Ethereum surpasses {{w|Litecoin}} in {{w|market capitalization}}.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Gord |first1=Michael |title=Ethereum Overtakes Litecoin in Market Cap after Continued Upward Trend |url=https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/ethereum-overtakes-litecoin-in-market-cap-after-continued-upward-trend-1454003090 |website=bitcoinmagazine.com |access-date=23 February 2021}}</ref> | | 2016 || January 28 || Market capitalization || Ethereum surpasses {{w|Litecoin}} in {{w|market capitalization}}.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Gord |first1=Michael |title=Ethereum Overtakes Litecoin in Market Cap after Continued Upward Trend |url=https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/ethereum-overtakes-litecoin-in-market-cap-after-continued-upward-trend-1454003090 |website=bitcoinmagazine.com |access-date=23 February 2021}}</ref> | ||
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| − | | 2016 || February || | + | | 2016 || February || Adoption|| A group of Ukrainian officials sign a memorandum to move multiple levels of elections to the Ethereum blockchain with the use of platform E-vox. The memorandum has the purpose to create "a decentralized, transparent and accessible system for group decisions making via blockchain-based instruments" for political primaries, elections and online petitions or referenda.<ref>{{cite web |title=Ukraine Government Plans to Trial Ethereum Blockchain-Based Election Platform |url=https://www.nasdaq.com/articles/ukraine-government-plans-to-trial-ethereum-blockchain-based-election-platform-2016-02-25 |website=nasdaq.com |access-date=23 February 2021}}</ref> |
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| − | | 2016 || March 1 || | + | | 2016 || March 1 || Adoption|| Ethereum blockchain software provider BlockApps becomes the first certified offering on {{w|Microsoft Azure}}’s Blockchain-as-a-Service (BaaS) marketplace. This deployment of Ethereum blockchain architecture enables enterprises and developers to quickly deploy a certified blockchain environment on Azure.<ref>{{cite web |title=Microsoft Certifies Ethereum Offering in Blockchain Service First |url=https://www.coindesk.com/microsoft-ethereum-startup-blockchain |website=CoinDesk |access-date=22 February 2021 |language=en |date=1 March 2016}}</ref> |
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| 2016 || March 5 || Early development || Serenity PoC2 is released. This {{w|proof of concept}} has the purpose to implement the complete Ethereum protocol and make it function even in a highly restricted test environment.<ref>{{cite web |title=Serenity PoC2 |url=https://blog.ethereum.org/2016/03/05/serenity-poc2/ |website=blog.ethereum.org |access-date=25 March 2021}}</ref> | | 2016 || March 5 || Early development || Serenity PoC2 is released. This {{w|proof of concept}} has the purpose to implement the complete Ethereum protocol and make it function even in a highly restricted test environment.<ref>{{cite web |title=Serenity PoC2 |url=https://blog.ethereum.org/2016/03/05/serenity-poc2/ |website=blog.ethereum.org |access-date=25 March 2021}}</ref> | ||
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| 2016 || April 1 || Partnership || {{w|Vitalik Buterin}} announces Ethereum partnership with R3CEV on Lizardcoin, with the purpose to combine the best of centralized finance and {{w|Blockchain}} technology.<ref>{{cite web |title=Ethereum Partners with R3CEV on Lizardcoin, Bringing Together the Best of Centralized Finance and Blockchain Technology |url=https://blog.ethereum.org/2016/04/01/ethereum-partners-with-r3cev-on-lizardcoin-bringing-together-the-best-of-centralized-finance-and-blockchain-technology/ |website=blog.ethereum.org |access-date=25 March 2021}}</ref> | | 2016 || April 1 || Partnership || {{w|Vitalik Buterin}} announces Ethereum partnership with R3CEV on Lizardcoin, with the purpose to combine the best of centralized finance and {{w|Blockchain}} technology.<ref>{{cite web |title=Ethereum Partners with R3CEV on Lizardcoin, Bringing Together the Best of Centralized Finance and Blockchain Technology |url=https://blog.ethereum.org/2016/04/01/ethereum-partners-with-r3cev-on-lizardcoin-bringing-together-the-best-of-centralized-finance-and-blockchain-technology/ |website=blog.ethereum.org |access-date=25 March 2021}}</ref> | ||
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| − | | 2016 || April 4 || | + | | 2016 || April 4 || Adoption || Mexican cryptocurrency exchange {{w|Bitso}} adds ability to buy and sell Ether with Mexican pesos.<ref>{{cite web |title=Mexican Cryptocurrency Exchange Bitso Adds Ethereum Market |url=https://cointelegraph.com/news/mexican-cryptocurrency-exchange-bitso-adds-ethereum-market |website=Cointelegraph |access-date=21 February 2021 |language=en}}</ref> |
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| − | | 2016 || April 11 || | + | | 2016 || April 11 || Adoption|| Two Brooklyn residents use the Ethereum blockchain technology to facilitate a transaction that lets one sell energy directly to the other. The exchange is executed thanks to LO3, a green energy startup working to introdice blockchain to the energy industry.<ref>{{cite web |title=Ethereum Used for ‘First’ Paid Energy Trade Using Blockchain Tech |url=https://www.coindesk.com/ethereum-used-first-paid-energy-trade-using-blockchain-technology |website=CoinDesk |access-date=23 February 2021 |language=en |date=11 April 2016}}</ref> |
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| 2016 || April 28 || Technology integration || {{w|Vitalik Buterin}} discusses the possibilty to integrate the the Ethereum blockchain with {{w|Hyperledger}}, an [[w:Umbrella organization|umbrella project]] of [[w:Open-source software|open source]] [[w:blockchain (database)|blockchains]] and related tools started in December 2015 by the {{w|Linux Foundation}}.<ref>{{cite web |title=Vitalik Buterin Pitches Hyperledger Project on Ethereum Integration |url=https://www.coindesk.com/vitalik-buterin-addresses-hyperledger-possible-ethereum-integration |website=CoinDesk |access-date=23 February 2021 |language=en |date=28 April 2016}}</ref> | | 2016 || April 28 || Technology integration || {{w|Vitalik Buterin}} discusses the possibilty to integrate the the Ethereum blockchain with {{w|Hyperledger}}, an [[w:Umbrella organization|umbrella project]] of [[w:Open-source software|open source]] [[w:blockchain (database)|blockchains]] and related tools started in December 2015 by the {{w|Linux Foundation}}.<ref>{{cite web |title=Vitalik Buterin Pitches Hyperledger Project on Ethereum Integration |url=https://www.coindesk.com/vitalik-buterin-addresses-hyperledger-possible-ethereum-integration |website=CoinDesk |access-date=23 February 2021 |language=en |date=28 April 2016}}</ref> | ||
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| 2016 || July 20 || Protocol upgrade || The DAO Fork occurs at block 1,920,000 in response to the DAO incident, as an unplanned hard fork by the Ethereum community, who decided to hard fork the chain in order to restore the hacked funds to their original wallets and patch the vulnerability.<ref>{{cite web |title=Ethereum Executes Blockchain Hard Fork to Return DAO Funds |url=https://www.coindesk.com/ethereum-executes-blockchain-hard-fork-return-dao-investor-funds |website=CoinDesk |access-date=22 February 2021 |language=en |date=20 July 2016}}</ref><ref name="The history of Ethereumv"/><ref>{{cite web |last1=Foundation |first1=Ethereum |title=Hard Fork Completed |url=https://blog.ethereum.org/2016/07/20/hard-fork-completed/ |website=blog.ethereum.org |access-date=18 February 2021 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Full Page Reload |url=https://spectrum.ieee.org/tech-talk/computing/networks/hacked-blockchain-fund-the-dao-chooses-a-hard-fork-to-redistribute-funds |website=IEEE Spectrum: Technology, Engineering, and Science News |access-date=22 February 2021 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Foundation |first1=Ethereum |title=Hard Fork Completed |url=https://blog.ethereum.org/2016/07/20/hard-fork-completed/ |website=blog.ethereum.org |access-date=25 March 2021 |language=en}}</ref> The original chain — with the stolen ether not returned — becomes {{w|Ethereum Classic}}, which would become weaker and subject to exploitation over time.<ref name="ConsenSys"/> | | 2016 || July 20 || Protocol upgrade || The DAO Fork occurs at block 1,920,000 in response to the DAO incident, as an unplanned hard fork by the Ethereum community, who decided to hard fork the chain in order to restore the hacked funds to their original wallets and patch the vulnerability.<ref>{{cite web |title=Ethereum Executes Blockchain Hard Fork to Return DAO Funds |url=https://www.coindesk.com/ethereum-executes-blockchain-hard-fork-return-dao-investor-funds |website=CoinDesk |access-date=22 February 2021 |language=en |date=20 July 2016}}</ref><ref name="The history of Ethereumv"/><ref>{{cite web |last1=Foundation |first1=Ethereum |title=Hard Fork Completed |url=https://blog.ethereum.org/2016/07/20/hard-fork-completed/ |website=blog.ethereum.org |access-date=18 February 2021 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Full Page Reload |url=https://spectrum.ieee.org/tech-talk/computing/networks/hacked-blockchain-fund-the-dao-chooses-a-hard-fork-to-redistribute-funds |website=IEEE Spectrum: Technology, Engineering, and Science News |access-date=22 February 2021 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Foundation |first1=Ethereum |title=Hard Fork Completed |url=https://blog.ethereum.org/2016/07/20/hard-fork-completed/ |website=blog.ethereum.org |access-date=25 March 2021 |language=en}}</ref> The original chain — with the stolen ether not returned — becomes {{w|Ethereum Classic}}, which would become weaker and subject to exploitation over time.<ref name="ConsenSys"/> | ||
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| − | | 2016 || August 11 || | + | | 2016 || August 11 || Adoption || A team of developers claim having successfully completed the first off-blockchain transaction on Ethereum, having sent ether from {{w|Copenhagen}} to {{w|Mumbai}}.<ref>{{cite web |title=Ethereum Scaling Advances With 'First' Off-Blockchain Payments |url=https://www.coindesk.com/ethereum-scaling-advances-first-off-blockchain-payments |website=CoinDesk |access-date=22 February 2021 |language=en |date=11 August 2016}}</ref> |
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| − | | 2016 || September 26 || | + | | 2016 || September 26 || Adoption || Decentralized eSports platform FirstBlood raises just over US$6 million in Ethereum (ETH 465,312.999) within seconds, in what is considered a new record for speedy funding time in the blockchain assets ecosystem.<ref>{{cite web |title=Ethereum eSports Rewards Platform FirstBlood Raises $6m in Crowdsale {{!}} Finance Magnates |url=https://www.financemagnates.com/cryptocurrency/trading/ethereum-esports-rewards-platform-firstblood-raises-6m-in-crowdsale/ |website=Finance Magnates {{!}} Financial and business news |access-date=22 February 2021 |language=en |date=26 September 2016}}</ref> |
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| − | | 2016 || October || | + | | 2016 || October || Adoption|| American multinational investment bank {{w|JPMorgan Chase}} demonstrates the development of a private, permissioned version of the Ethereum network. This project is described as "an additional choice in the company’s toolkit of software offerings aimed at solving business problems".<ref>{{cite web |title=JP Morgan is Quietly Developing a Private Ethereum Blockchain |url=https://www.coindesk.com/jpmorgan-ethereum-blockchain-quorum |website=CoinDesk |access-date=22 February 2021 |language=en |date=3 October 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Why J.P. Morgan Chase Is Building a Blockchain on Ethereum |url=https://fortune.com/2016/10/04/jp-morgan-chase-blockchain-ethereum-quorum/ |website=Fortune |access-date=20 February 2021 |language=en}}</ref> |
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| 2016 || October 18 || Protocol upgrade || The Tangerine Whistle fork occurs as a small unplanned fork at block 2,463,000, with the purpose "to change the gas calculation for certain I/O-intensive operations and to clear the accumulated state from a denial-of-service attack, which exploited the low gas cost of those operations." It is the first response to the denial of service (DoS) attacks on the network in September-October 2016, including addressing urgent network health issues concerning underpriced operation codes.<ref name="The history of Ethereumv"/> "Tangerine Whistle - October 2016"<ref name=".plus500"/><ref name="The history of Ethereumv">{{cite web |title=History of Ethereum |url=https://ethereum.org/en/history/ |website=ethereum.org |access-date=18 February 2021 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Tangerine Whistle (Ethereum) – aantonop |url=https://aantonop.com/glossary/ethereum-tangerine_whistle/ |website=aantonop.com |access-date=2 April 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=History of Ethereum {{!}} Ethereum |url=https://ethereum.by/fi/history/ |website=ethereum.org |access-date=2 April 2021 |language=fi}}</ref> | | 2016 || October 18 || Protocol upgrade || The Tangerine Whistle fork occurs as a small unplanned fork at block 2,463,000, with the purpose "to change the gas calculation for certain I/O-intensive operations and to clear the accumulated state from a denial-of-service attack, which exploited the low gas cost of those operations." It is the first response to the denial of service (DoS) attacks on the network in September-October 2016, including addressing urgent network health issues concerning underpriced operation codes.<ref name="The history of Ethereumv"/> "Tangerine Whistle - October 2016"<ref name=".plus500"/><ref name="The history of Ethereumv">{{cite web |title=History of Ethereum |url=https://ethereum.org/en/history/ |website=ethereum.org |access-date=18 February 2021 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Tangerine Whistle (Ethereum) – aantonop |url=https://aantonop.com/glossary/ethereum-tangerine_whistle/ |website=aantonop.com |access-date=2 April 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=History of Ethereum {{!}} Ethereum |url=https://ethereum.by/fi/history/ |website=ethereum.org |access-date=2 April 2021 |language=fi}}</ref> | ||
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| 2016 || November 2 || Ethereum blockchain development || An Ethereum programming language bug is found, affecting a specific style of smart contract and most of the contracts affected to be taken down or changed. Bugs on Ethereum are found to be uniquely hazardous.<ref>{{cite web |title=Ethereum Bug Sends Smart Contracts Back to the Drawing Board |url=https://www.coindesk.com/ethereum-bug-sends-smart-contracts-back-drawing-board |website=CoinDesk |access-date=22 February 2021 |language=en |date=2 November 2016}}</ref> | | 2016 || November 2 || Ethereum blockchain development || An Ethereum programming language bug is found, affecting a specific style of smart contract and most of the contracts affected to be taken down or changed. Bugs on Ethereum are found to be uniquely hazardous.<ref>{{cite web |title=Ethereum Bug Sends Smart Contracts Back to the Drawing Board |url=https://www.coindesk.com/ethereum-bug-sends-smart-contracts-back-drawing-board |website=CoinDesk |access-date=22 February 2021 |language=en |date=2 November 2016}}</ref> | ||
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| − | | 2016 || November (early) || | + | | 2016 || November (early) || Adoption|| {{w|Microsoft}} launches its Ethereum Consortium Blockchain Network, with the purpose to enter the next phase of its blockchain work. Designed with emphasis in usability, the product allows groups of companies to deploy a private Ethereum network with a single click. This project is expected to "help entire industries work together to more easily build increasingly complex consortia that better leverage the network effects of shared, immutable ledgers."<ref>{{cite web |title=Microsoft Doubles Down on Ethereum With New Blockchain Product |url=https://www.coindesk.com/microsoft-launching-new-ethereum-blockchain-product |website=CoinDesk |access-date=22 February 2021 |language=en |date=3 November 2016}}</ref> |
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| 2016 || November 9 || Open-sourcing || Accounting services provider Deloitte announces plans to open-source its ethereum-based Smart Identity platform.<ref>{{cite web |title=Deloitte Opens Ethereum Identity Platform to Blockchain Developers |url=https://www.coindesk.com/deloitte-opens-ethereum-identity-platform-blockchain-developers |website=CoinDesk |access-date=22 February 2021 |language=en |date=9 November 2016}}</ref> | | 2016 || November 9 || Open-sourcing || Accounting services provider Deloitte announces plans to open-source its ethereum-based Smart Identity platform.<ref>{{cite web |title=Deloitte Opens Ethereum Identity Platform to Blockchain Developers |url=https://www.coindesk.com/deloitte-opens-ethereum-identity-platform-blockchain-developers |website=CoinDesk |access-date=22 February 2021 |language=en |date=9 November 2016}}</ref> | ||
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| 2016 || November 23 || Protocol upgrade || Hard fork under code name Spurious Dragon occurs at block number 2,675,000. It is the second response to the denial of service (DoS) attacks on the network (occurring in September/October 2016). Four Ethereum improvement proposals (EIP-155, EIP-160, EIP-161, and EIP-170)<ref name="The history of Ethereumv"/> are included in this fork.<ref name="The history of Ethereumv"/><ref name=".plus500"/><ref name="The history of Ethereumv"/><ref>{{cite web |last1=Foundation |first1=Ethereum |title=Hard Fork No. 4: Spurious Dragon |url=https://blog.ethereum.org/2016/11/18/hard-fork-no-4-spurious-dragon/ |website=blog.ethereum.org |access-date=18 February 2021 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Foundation |first1=Ethereum |title=Hard Fork No. 4: Spurious Dragon |url=https://blog.ethereum.org/2016/11/18/hard-fork-no-4-spurious-dragon/ |website=blog.ethereum.org |access-date=25 March 2021 |language=en}}</ref> | | 2016 || November 23 || Protocol upgrade || Hard fork under code name Spurious Dragon occurs at block number 2,675,000. It is the second response to the denial of service (DoS) attacks on the network (occurring in September/October 2016). Four Ethereum improvement proposals (EIP-155, EIP-160, EIP-161, and EIP-170)<ref name="The history of Ethereumv"/> are included in this fork.<ref name="The history of Ethereumv"/><ref name=".plus500"/><ref name="The history of Ethereumv"/><ref>{{cite web |last1=Foundation |first1=Ethereum |title=Hard Fork No. 4: Spurious Dragon |url=https://blog.ethereum.org/2016/11/18/hard-fork-no-4-spurious-dragon/ |website=blog.ethereum.org |access-date=18 February 2021 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Foundation |first1=Ethereum |title=Hard Fork No. 4: Spurious Dragon |url=https://blog.ethereum.org/2016/11/18/hard-fork-no-4-spurious-dragon/ |website=blog.ethereum.org |access-date=25 March 2021 |language=en}}</ref> | ||
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| − | | 2016 || December 6 || | + | | 2016 || December 6 || Adoption|| In a startup contest, Austria's {{w|Erste Bank}} awards two Ethereum projects, Etherisc, an automated insurance tool, and Status, a mobile-based browser that combines support for payments and decentralized applications.<ref>{{cite web |title=Austria's Erste Bank Awards Ethereum Projects in Startup Contest |url=https://www.coindesk.com/erste-bank-ethereum-projects-contest |website=CoinDesk |access-date=22 February 2021 |language=en |date=6 December 2016}}</ref> |
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| 2016 || December 20 || Security || Administrators of the Ethereum Project announce a data breach having affected over 16,500 users of the platform's community forums. The Ethereum forum is a gathering for Ether users with the purpose to discuss and share knowledge on Ether mining and trading.<ref>{{cite web |title=Ethereum Cryptocurrency Forum Suffers Data Breach |url=https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/ethereum-cryptocurrency-forum-suffers-data-breach/ |website=BleepingComputer |access-date=22 February 2021 |language=en-us}}</ref> | | 2016 || December 20 || Security || Administrators of the Ethereum Project announce a data breach having affected over 16,500 users of the platform's community forums. The Ethereum forum is a gathering for Ether users with the purpose to discuss and share knowledge on Ether mining and trading.<ref>{{cite web |title=Ethereum Cryptocurrency Forum Suffers Data Breach |url=https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/ethereum-cryptocurrency-forum-suffers-data-breach/ |website=BleepingComputer |access-date=22 February 2021 |language=en-us}}</ref> | ||
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| 2017 || February 13 || Ethereum blockchain token release || The [[w:Bancor (cryptocurrency)|Bancor Protocol]] Whitepaper is first introduced.<ref>{{cite web |title=Bancor Protocol |url=https://cryptorating.eu/whitepapers/Bancor/bancor_protocol_whitepaper_en.pdf |website=cryptorating.eu |access-date=9 April 2021}}</ref> | | 2017 || February 13 || Ethereum blockchain token release || The [[w:Bancor (cryptocurrency)|Bancor Protocol]] Whitepaper is first introduced.<ref>{{cite web |title=Bancor Protocol |url=https://cryptorating.eu/whitepapers/Bancor/bancor_protocol_whitepaper_en.pdf |website=cryptorating.eu |access-date=9 April 2021}}</ref> | ||
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| − | | 2017 || February 14 || | + | | 2017 || February 14 || Adoption|| Project Oaken, a startup building an Ethereum-based platform for IoT applications, wins US$100,000 at a blockchain hackathon in {{w|Dubai}}.<ref>{{cite web |title=Ethereum IoT Project Wins $100k in Dubai Blockchain Hackathon |url=https://www.coindesk.com/ethereum-iot-project-wins-100k-dubai-blockchain-hackathon |website=CoinDesk |access-date=22 February 2021 |language=en |date=14 February 2017}}</ref> |
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| − | | 2017 || March 1 || | + | | 2017 || March 1 || Adoption|| A Blockchain alliance is formed based on Ethereum by organizations icluding {{w|Microsoft}}, {{w|Intel}}, {{w|Accenture}}, {{w|Credit Suisse Group}}, and {{w|UBS}}.<ref>{{cite web |title=Enterprise Alliance Formed By Microsoft, Intel, UBS, Secures Support of ETH Foundation |url=https://cointelegraph.com/news/ethereum-alliance-formed-by-microsoft-intel-ubs-secures-support-of-eth-foundation |website=Cointelegraph |access-date=22 February 2021 |language=en}}</ref> |
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| − | | 2017 || March 6 || | + | | 2017 || March 6 || Adoption || U.S. investment firm rayscale Investments announces plans to launch the first private fund focused on {{w|Ethereum Classic}}, with a seed capital of US$10 million.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Chavez-Dreyfuss |first1=Gertrude |title=U.S. investment firm plans launch of first ever ethereum classic private fund |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-funds-grayscale-blockchain-idUSKBN16D2J2 |website=Reuters |access-date=22 February 2021 |language=en |date=6 March 2017}}</ref> |
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| − | | 2017 || March 16 || | + | | 2017 || March 16 || Adoption|| Blockchain startup Bloq announces having joined the Enterprise Ethereum Alliance.<ref>{{cite web |title=Bloq Launches Blockchain Lab, Joins Enterprise Ethereum |url=https://www.coindesk.com/bloq-launches-blockchain-lab-joins-enterprise-ethereum |website=CoinDesk |access-date=22 February 2021 |language=en |date=16 March 2017}}</ref> |
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| − | | 2017 || March 23 || | + | | 2017 || March 23 || Adoption|| Atlanta-based cloud storage Storj Labs announces plan to migrate its decentralized storage service to the Ethereum blockchain.<ref>{{cite web |title=Storj to Migrate Decentralized Storage Service to Ethereum Blockchain |url=https://www.coindesk.com/storj-migrate-decentralized-storage-service-ethereum-blockchain |website=CoinDesk |access-date=22 February 2021 |language=en |date=23 March 2017}}</ref> |
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| 2017 || April 25 || Ethereum blockchain token release || Ethereum-Based Gnosis launches an extraordinary fast {{w|initial coin offering}}, concluding in 10 minutes, and raising almost US$12 million.<ref>{{cite web |title=Fastest-Ever ICO: Ethereum-Based Gnosis Creates $300 Mln in Minutes, Raising $12 Mln |url=https://cointelegraph.com/news/fastest-ever-ico-ethereum-based-gnosis-creates-300-mln-in-minutes-raising-12-mln |website=Cointelegraph |access-date=22 February 2021 |language=en}}</ref> | | 2017 || April 25 || Ethereum blockchain token release || Ethereum-Based Gnosis launches an extraordinary fast {{w|initial coin offering}}, concluding in 10 minutes, and raising almost US$12 million.<ref>{{cite web |title=Fastest-Ever ICO: Ethereum-Based Gnosis Creates $300 Mln in Minutes, Raising $12 Mln |url=https://cointelegraph.com/news/fastest-ever-ico-ethereum-based-gnosis-creates-300-mln-in-minutes-raising-12-mln |website=Cointelegraph |access-date=22 February 2021 |language=en}}</ref> | ||
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| − | | 2017 || April 26 || | + | | 2017 || April 26 || Adoption || American investment firm Grayscale Investments launches the Ethereum Classic Investment Trust, aimed to track the price of {{w|Ethereum Classic}}.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Chavez-Dreyfuss |first1=Gertrude |title=U.S. investment firm launches $10 mln ethereum classic private fund |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-funds-grayscale-blockchain-idUSKBN17S2AZ |website=Reuters |access-date=22 February 2021 |language=en |date=26 April 2017}}</ref> |
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| − | | 2017 || May 1 || | + | | 2017 || May 1 || Adoption|| The WINGS token is released on the Ethereum network and integrated on the Liqui and Bittrex exchanges.<ref>{{cite web |title=DAO Platform WINGS' Token Arrives on Ethereum, Sees $1m Trading on Bittrex {{!}} Finance Magnates |url=https://www.financemagnates.com/cryptocurrency/news/dao-platform-wings-token-arrives-ethereum-sees-1m-trading-bittrex/ |website=Finance Magnates {{!}} Financial and business news |access-date=22 February 2021 |language=en |date=1 May 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=WINGS Token arrives on Ethereum - Trading on Bittrex reaches $1 million – Press release Bitcoin News |url=https://news.bitcoin.com/wings-token-arrives-ethereum-trading-bittrex-reaches-1-million/ |website=Bitcoin News |access-date=6 March 2021 |date=1 May 2017}}</ref> |
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| 2017 || May || Ethereum blockchain token release || Brave launches the {{w|Basic Attention Token}} (BAT).<ref>{{cite web |title=State of the BAT |url=https://brave.com/state-of-the-bat/#:~:text=Brave%20launched%20the%20Basic%20Attention,Basic%20Attention%20Token%20white%20paper. |website=Brave Browser |access-date=6 April 2021 |date=14 January 2021}}</ref> | | 2017 || May || Ethereum blockchain token release || Brave launches the {{w|Basic Attention Token}} (BAT).<ref>{{cite web |title=State of the BAT |url=https://brave.com/state-of-the-bat/#:~:text=Brave%20launched%20the%20Basic%20Attention,Basic%20Attention%20Token%20white%20paper. |website=Brave Browser |access-date=6 April 2021 |date=14 January 2021}}</ref> | ||
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| − | | 2017 || May 18 || | + | | 2017 || May 18 || Adoption|| Henri Pihkala, Founder at cloud platform Streamr, posts an article titled ''Streamr Brings U.S. Stocks to Ethereum Blockchain'', which describes advancements made by the platform, as it experiments with decentralizing its databases and integrating Ethereum into its blockchain systems.<ref>{{cite web |title=Streamr decentralizes US stock databases with Ethereum » CryptoNinjas |url=https://www.cryptoninjas.net/2017/05/18/streamr-decentralizes-us-stock-databases-ethereum/ |website=CryptoNinjas |access-date=22 February 2021 |date=18 May 2017}}</ref> |
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| − | | 2017 || May 30 || | + | | 2017 || May 30 || Adoption || Chinese cryptocurrency exchange OKCoin formally launches Ethereum deposit and withdrawal services.<ref>{{cite web |title=OKCoin formally launches Ethereum (ETH) on the exchange » CryptoNinjas |url=https://www.cryptoninjas.net/2017/05/30/okcoin-formally-launches-ether-eth-exchange/ |website=CryptoNinjas |access-date=22 February 2021 |date=30 May 2017}}</ref> |
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| 2017 || June 15 || Ethereum blockchain token release || Status (SNT) white paper is released.<ref>{{cite web |title=Status Network Token Price, Chart, Market Cap, SNT Coin Essentials |url=https://www.coinlore.com/coin/status#:~:text=Status%20Network%20Token%20(SNT)%20is,platform%2C%20launched%20in%20June%202017. |website=CoinLore |access-date=6 April 2021 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=The Status Network |url=https://status.im/whitepaper.pdf |website=status.im |access-date=6 April 2021}}</ref> | | 2017 || June 15 || Ethereum blockchain token release || Status (SNT) white paper is released.<ref>{{cite web |title=Status Network Token Price, Chart, Market Cap, SNT Coin Essentials |url=https://www.coinlore.com/coin/status#:~:text=Status%20Network%20Token%20(SNT)%20is,platform%2C%20launched%20in%20June%202017. |website=CoinLore |access-date=6 April 2021 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=The Status Network |url=https://status.im/whitepaper.pdf |website=status.im |access-date=6 April 2021}}</ref> | ||
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| 2017 || June 21 || Valuation || Ethereum price tumbles temporarily from around US$320 to just 10 cents in a {{w|flash crash}} triggered by a “When a trader having sold a large position.<ref>{{cite web |title=Ethereum Traders Dodge a Bullet: Coinbase Makes Good 'Flash Crash' Losses |url=https://fortune.com/2017/06/26/coinbase-flash-crash/ |website=Fortune |access-date=22 February 2021 |language=en}}</ref> | | 2017 || June 21 || Valuation || Ethereum price tumbles temporarily from around US$320 to just 10 cents in a {{w|flash crash}} triggered by a “When a trader having sold a large position.<ref>{{cite web |title=Ethereum Traders Dodge a Bullet: Coinbase Makes Good 'Flash Crash' Losses |url=https://fortune.com/2017/06/26/coinbase-flash-crash/ |website=Fortune |access-date=22 February 2021 |language=en}}</ref> | ||
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| − | | 2017 || June 21 || Ethereum blockchain token release || TenX | + | | 2017 || June 21 || Ethereum blockchain token release || TenX {{w|initial coin offering}} is launched. It is a token built on the Ethereum blockchain.<ref>{{cite web |title=TenX Whitepaper |url=https://assets.ctfassets.net/xecblntwky6m/5Fs7GL4PI5OM9DyIRXclQi/ddf32d8132567f6d86d0477c6dac6595/TenX_Whitepaper__Programmable__Money_.pdf |website=assets.ctfassets.net |access-date=6 April 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=TenX |url=https://cryptonews.com/coins/tenx/#:~:text=PAY%20tokens%20may%20include%20other,pay%20was%20distributed%20for%20%240.87. |website=cryptonews.com |access-date=6 April 2021 |language=en}}</ref> |
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| 2017 || July 7 || Mining || It is reported that,by this time, Ethereum and Bitcoin energy consumption surpasses entire countries' power budgets, including those of {{w|Jordan}} and {{w|Syria}}.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Hill |first1=Brandon |title=Ethereum And Bitcoin Energy Consumption Surpasses Entire Countries' Power Budgets |url=https://hothardware.com/news/ethereum-and-bitcoin-energy-consumption-surpass-entire-countries-power-budgets |website=HotHardware |access-date=20 February 2021 |language=en-us |date=7 July 2017}}</ref> | | 2017 || July 7 || Mining || It is reported that,by this time, Ethereum and Bitcoin energy consumption surpasses entire countries' power budgets, including those of {{w|Jordan}} and {{w|Syria}}.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Hill |first1=Brandon |title=Ethereum And Bitcoin Energy Consumption Surpasses Entire Countries' Power Budgets |url=https://hothardware.com/news/ethereum-and-bitcoin-energy-consumption-surpass-entire-countries-power-budgets |website=HotHardware |access-date=20 February 2021 |language=en-us |date=7 July 2017}}</ref> | ||
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| 2017 || October 16 || Protocol upgrade || The Byzantium hard fork occurs at block number 4,370,000. Planned as the first phase of the next stage of Ethereum’s roadmap was known as Metropolis, this fork aims to reduce block mining rewards from 5 to 3 ETH, to delay the difficulty bomb by a year, to add ability to make non-state-changing calls to other contracts, and to added certain cryptography methods to allow for layer 2 scaling.<ref name="The history of Ethereumv"/><ref name=".plus500"/><ref>{{cite web |last1=Foundation |first1=Ethereum |title=Byzantium HF Announcement |url=https://blog.ethereum.org/2017/10/12/byzantium-hf-announcement/ |website=blog.ethereum.org |access-date=18 February 2021 |language=en}}</ref><ref name="ConsenSys"/> | | 2017 || October 16 || Protocol upgrade || The Byzantium hard fork occurs at block number 4,370,000. Planned as the first phase of the next stage of Ethereum’s roadmap was known as Metropolis, this fork aims to reduce block mining rewards from 5 to 3 ETH, to delay the difficulty bomb by a year, to add ability to make non-state-changing calls to other contracts, and to added certain cryptography methods to allow for layer 2 scaling.<ref name="The history of Ethereumv"/><ref name=".plus500"/><ref>{{cite web |last1=Foundation |first1=Ethereum |title=Byzantium HF Announcement |url=https://blog.ethereum.org/2017/10/12/byzantium-hf-announcement/ |website=blog.ethereum.org |access-date=18 February 2021 |language=en}}</ref><ref name="ConsenSys"/> | ||
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| − | | 2017 || October 31 || | + | | 2017 || October 31 || Adoption|| Amazon Technologies, Inc., a subsidiary of [[w:Amazon (company)|Amazon]], registers <code>amazonethereum.com</code>, in addition to <code>amazoncryptocurrency.com</code> and <code>amazoncryptocurrencies.com</code>.<ref>{{cite web |title=Amazon Subsidiary Registers Cryptocurrency and Ethereum Domains |url=https://www.coindesk.com/amazon-subsidiary-registers-3-cryptocurrency-web-domains |website=CoinDesk |access-date=19 February 2021 |language=en |date=1 November 2017}}</ref> |
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| 2017 || November 6 || Security || Github user devops199 manages to exploit a vulnerability within the smart-contract library code of wallet service Parity, blocking funds in 587 wallets holding a total of 513,774.16 Ether as well as various other tokens.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Durr |first1=Christopher |title=Parity Hack: How It Happened, And Its Aftermath |url=https://medium.com/solidified/parity-hack-how-it-happened-and-its-aftermath-9bffb2105c0 |website=Medium |access-date=3 April 2021 |language=en |date=17 November 2017}}</ref> “A major vulnerability has frozen hundreds of millions of dollars of Ethereum” <ref>{{cite web |title=A major vulnerability has frozen hundreds of millions of dollars of Ethereum |url=https://techcrunch.com/2017/11/07/a-major-vulnerability-has-frozen-hundreds-of-millions-of-dollars-of-ethereum/ |website=TechCrunch |access-date=19 February 2021}}</ref> | | 2017 || November 6 || Security || Github user devops199 manages to exploit a vulnerability within the smart-contract library code of wallet service Parity, blocking funds in 587 wallets holding a total of 513,774.16 Ether as well as various other tokens.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Durr |first1=Christopher |title=Parity Hack: How It Happened, And Its Aftermath |url=https://medium.com/solidified/parity-hack-how-it-happened-and-its-aftermath-9bffb2105c0 |website=Medium |access-date=3 April 2021 |language=en |date=17 November 2017}}</ref> “A major vulnerability has frozen hundreds of millions of dollars of Ethereum” <ref>{{cite web |title=A major vulnerability has frozen hundreds of millions of dollars of Ethereum |url=https://techcrunch.com/2017/11/07/a-major-vulnerability-has-frozen-hundreds-of-millions-of-dollars-of-ethereum/ |website=TechCrunch |access-date=19 February 2021}}</ref> | ||
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| 2018 || September 18 || Notable comment || Tech analyst Ian McLeod comments that "advancements on the Ethereum blockchain could see Bitcoin’s dominance shrink in the next five years.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Hankin |first1=Aaron |title=Ethereum technology could slice bitcoin’s market cap in half, says tech analyst |url=https://www.marketwatch.com/story/ethereum-technology-could-slice-bitcoins-market-cap-in-half-says-tech-analyst-2018-09-18 |website=MarketWatch |access-date=18 February 2021}}</ref> | | 2018 || September 18 || Notable comment || Tech analyst Ian McLeod comments that "advancements on the Ethereum blockchain could see Bitcoin’s dominance shrink in the next five years.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Hankin |first1=Aaron |title=Ethereum technology could slice bitcoin’s market cap in half, says tech analyst |url=https://www.marketwatch.com/story/ethereum-technology-could-slice-bitcoins-market-cap-in-half-says-tech-analyst-2018-09-18 |website=MarketWatch |access-date=18 February 2021}}</ref> | ||
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| − | | 2018 || December 13 || | + | | 2018 || December 13 || Adoption|| Norwegian software company [[w:Opera (company)|Opera]] announces that Opera for Android supports Ethereum, with the purpose to allow people to make transactions and developers to create decentralized apps.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Tung |first1=Liam |title=Opera for Android becomes an Ethereum 'blockchain browser' |url=https://www.zdnet.com/article/opera-for-android-becomes-an-ethereum-blockchain-browser/ |website=ZDNet |access-date=18 February 2021 |language=en}}</ref> |
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| − | | 2019 || February 18 || | + | | 2019 || February 18 || Ethereum blockchain token release || Blockchain data platform Streamr officially releases Monoplasma, a new open-source Ethereum scaling technology.<ref>{{cite web |title=Ethereum Scaling Tech Monoplasma Wants to Let Dapps Broadcast Crypto |url=https://www.coindesk.com/ethereum-scaling-tech-monoplasma-wants-to-let-dapps-broadcast-crypto |website=CoinDesk |access-date=18 February 2021 |language=en |date=18 February 2019}}</ref> |
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| 2019 || February 28 || Protocol upgrade || The Constantinople fork occurs at Block number 7,280,000<ref name="The history of Ethereumv"/><ref name=".plus500"/> as the second part of the Metropolis upgrade (after Byzantium). This upgrade aims to implement a number of Ethereum Improvement Proposals (EIPs), to reduce block reward, and to delay Difficulty Bomb (intended to help transition towards {{w|proof of stake}}).<ref name="ConsenSys"/> As it was supposed to happen at Block number 7,080,000, the fork is postponed due to the discovery of a problem with EIP-1283, which is removed from the list of planned integrations, and the fork is rescheduled to block 7,280,000, and is given a new name: St. Petersburg.<ref name="Hollanderv"/> | | 2019 || February 28 || Protocol upgrade || The Constantinople fork occurs at Block number 7,280,000<ref name="The history of Ethereumv"/><ref name=".plus500"/> as the second part of the Metropolis upgrade (after Byzantium). This upgrade aims to implement a number of Ethereum Improvement Proposals (EIPs), to reduce block reward, and to delay Difficulty Bomb (intended to help transition towards {{w|proof of stake}}).<ref name="ConsenSys"/> As it was supposed to happen at Block number 7,080,000, the fork is postponed due to the discovery of a problem with EIP-1283, which is removed from the list of planned integrations, and the fork is rescheduled to block 7,280,000, and is given a new name: St. Petersburg.<ref name="Hollanderv"/> | ||
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| − | | 2019 || March 13 || | + | | 2019 || March 13 || Adoption || Crypto service provider Abra adds native Ethereum support to its platform, enabling the cryptocurrency wallet and exchange users to receive, hold, sell, and buy Ethereum directly on the platform.<ref>{{cite web |title=Abra Adds Native Support for Ethereum {{!}} Finance Magnates |url=https://www.financemagnates.com/cryptocurrency/news/abra-adds-native-support-for-ethereum/ |website=Finance Magnates {{!}} Financial and business news |access-date=18 February 2021 |language=en |date=13 March 2019}}</ref> |
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| − | | 2019 || April 23 || | + | | 2019 || April 23 || Adoption || French financial services company {{w|Société Générale}} issues about US$112 million worth of bonds in the form of a security token on the public Ethereum blockchain.<ref>{{cite web |title=French Lender Societe Generale Issues $112 Million Bond on Ethereum |url=https://www.coindesk.com/french-lender-societe-generale-issues-112-million-bond-on-ethereum |website=CoinDesk |access-date=18 February 2021 |language=en |date=23 April 2019}}</ref> |
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| − | | 2019 || April 24 || | + | | 2019 || April 24 || Adoption|| {{w|Samsung}} announces development of its own blockchain on Ethereum.<ref>{{cite web |title=Samsung Developing Own Blockchain on Ethereum {{!}} Finance Magnates |url=https://www.financemagnates.com/cryptocurrency/news/samsung-is-developing-its-own-blockchain-on-ethereum/ |website=Finance Magnates {{!}} Financial and business news |access-date=18 February 2021 |language=en |date=24 April 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Samsung Developing Ethereum-Based Blockchain, May Issue Own Token |url=https://www.coindesk.com/samsung-developing-ethereum-based-blockchain-may-issue-own-token |website=CoinDesk |access-date=18 February 2021 |language=en |date=24 April 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Pihl |first1=Rasmus |title=Samsung is Developing Ethereum-Based ”Samsung Coin”, Currently Building New Blockchain Mainnet |url=https://toshitimes.com/samsung-is-developing-ethereum-based-samsung-coin/ |website=Toshi Times |access-date=18 February 2021 |date=24 April 2019}}</ref> |
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| 2019 || May 22 || Ethereum blockchain development || The Ethereum Foundation announces a three-pronged approach to allocating US$30 million designated for developing the Ethereum network over the next year, with much of the funding going to Ethereum 2.0 projects including client teams, research, documentation and communication, and layer two projects like Plasma.<ref>{{cite web |title=Ethereum Foundation Announces Details on $30 Million Network Development |url=https://cointelegraph.com/news/ethereum-foundation-announces-details-on-30-network-development |website=Cointelegraph |access-date=18 February 2021 |language=en}}</ref> | | 2019 || May 22 || Ethereum blockchain development || The Ethereum Foundation announces a three-pronged approach to allocating US$30 million designated for developing the Ethereum network over the next year, with much of the funding going to Ethereum 2.0 projects including client teams, research, documentation and communication, and layer two projects like Plasma.<ref>{{cite web |title=Ethereum Foundation Announces Details on $30 Million Network Development |url=https://cointelegraph.com/news/ethereum-foundation-announces-details-on-30-network-development |website=Cointelegraph |access-date=18 February 2021 |language=en}}</ref> | ||
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| − | | 2019 || July 9 || | + | | 2019 || July 9 || Adoption|| {{w|Uber Health}} grants access to its entire U.S. fleet to Solve.Care, a startup that uses the Ethereum blockchain to connect nearly every aspect of the healthcare ecosystem via a shared ledger of transactions.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Castillo |first1=Michael del |title=Uber Subsidiary Grants Ethereum Startup Access To Entire American Fleet |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/michaeldelcastillo/2019/07/09/uber-subsidiary-grants-ethereum-startup-access-to-entire-american-fleet/?sh=1bfd638c21b3 |website=Forbes |access-date=18 February 2021 |language=en}}</ref> |
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| − | | 2019 || September 16 || | + | | 2019 || September 16 || Adoption || BitPay, the largest global blockchain payments provider, announces launch of support for Ethereum, which allows customers to safely, securely, and compliantly accept the currency. Businesses using BitPay for payment processing would be able to accept Ethereum for purchases without the need for any integration or enhancements.<ref>{{cite web |title=BitPay Launches Support for Ethereum |url=https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2019/09/16/1916048/0/en/BitPay-Launches-Support-for-Ethereum.html |website=GlobeNewswire News Room |access-date=18 February 2021 |date=16 September 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=BitPay Now Lets Merchants Accept Ethereum's Cryptocurrency |url=https://www.coindesk.com/payment-service-bitpay-announces-ether-integration |website=CoinDesk |access-date=18 February 2021 |language=en |date=16 September 2019}}</ref> |
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| 2019 || September 24 || Mining || The mining community expands Ethereum's network capacity by 25% to allow more transactions to be processed on the network per second, helping to keep fees lower. This is achieved by miners driving up the gas limit, causing it to break above 10 million per block, an increase of 25 percent over the previous week.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Heasman |first1=Decrypt / Will |title=Ethereum expands blockchain capacity by 25% |url=https://decrypt.co/9573/ethereum-expands-blockchain-capacity-by-25-percent |website=Decrypt |access-date=18 February 2021 |date=24 September 2019}}</ref> | | 2019 || September 24 || Mining || The mining community expands Ethereum's network capacity by 25% to allow more transactions to be processed on the network per second, helping to keep fees lower. This is achieved by miners driving up the gas limit, causing it to break above 10 million per block, an increase of 25 percent over the previous week.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Heasman |first1=Decrypt / Will |title=Ethereum expands blockchain capacity by 25% |url=https://decrypt.co/9573/ethereum-expands-blockchain-capacity-by-25-percent |website=Decrypt |access-date=18 February 2021 |date=24 September 2019}}</ref> | ||
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| 2019 || October 1 || Adoption || San Francisco-based Ethereum scaling project Skale Raises US$17.1 million to launch its mainnet, which the firm says would be Ethereum’s “best shot” to beat other smart contract platforms. The funding is to be used to seed and stabilize Skale’s {{w|proof of stake}} network and increase its security.<ref>{{cite web |title=Ethereum Scaling Project SKALE Raises $17.1 Million for Mainnet Launch |url=https://www.coindesk.com/ethereum-scaling-project-skale-raises-17-1-million-for-mainnet-launch |website=CoinDesk |access-date=18 February 2021 |language=en |date=1 October 2019}}</ref> | | 2019 || October 1 || Adoption || San Francisco-based Ethereum scaling project Skale Raises US$17.1 million to launch its mainnet, which the firm says would be Ethereum’s “best shot” to beat other smart contract platforms. The funding is to be used to seed and stabilize Skale’s {{w|proof of stake}} network and increase its security.<ref>{{cite web |title=Ethereum Scaling Project SKALE Raises $17.1 Million for Mainnet Launch |url=https://www.coindesk.com/ethereum-scaling-project-skale-raises-17-1-million-for-mainnet-launch |website=CoinDesk |access-date=18 February 2021 |language=en |date=1 October 2019}}</ref> | ||
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| − | | 2019 || October 8 || Philanthropy || {{w|UNICEF}} launches a cryptocurrency fund, backed by the Ethereum Foundation, with the purpose to receive, hold and disburse donations of cryptocurrencies, namely {{w|Bitcoin}} and Ethereum.<ref>{{cite web |title=UNICEF Launches Crypto Fund, Backed by Ethereum Foundation |url=https://www.financemagnates.com/cryptocurrency/news/unicef-launches-crypto-fund-backed-by-ethereum-foundation/ |website=Finance Magnates {{!}} Financial and business news |access-date=18 February 2021 |language=en |date=9 October 2019}}</ref> | + | | 2019 || October 8 || Philanthropy || {{w|UNICEF}} launches a cryptocurrency fund, backed by the Ethereum Foundation, with the purpose to receive, hold and disburse donations of cryptocurrencies, namely {{w|Bitcoin}} and Ethereum.<ref>{{cite web |title=UNICEF Launches Crypto Fund, Backed by Ethereum Foundation |url=https://www.financemagnates.com/cryptocurrency/news/unicef-launches-crypto-fund-backed-by-ethereum-foundation/ |website=Finance Magnates {{!}} Financial and business news |access-date=18 February 2021 |language=en |date=9 October 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=UNICEF launches Cryptocurrency Fund |url=https://www.unicef.org/press-releases/unicef-launches-cryptocurrency-fund |website=www.unicef.org |access-date=18 February 2021 |language=en}}</ref> |
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| 2019 || November 27 || Security || South Korean cryptocurrency exchange Upbit is hacked, with 342,000 ETH (US$48.7 million) bring stolen from the "hot wallet".<ref>{{cite web |last1=Canellis |first1=David |title=Hackers steal $48.7M in Ethereum from South Korean cryptocurrency exchange Upbit |url=https://thenextweb.com/hardfork/2019/11/27/ethereum-upbit-cryptocurrency-exchange-hackers-stolen-million-hot-wallet/ |website=Hard Fork {{!}} The Next Web |access-date=18 February 2021 |language=en-us |date=27 November 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Hackers Steal $49 Million in Ethereum From Upbit Exchange |url=https://www.bankinfosecurity.com/blogs/hackers-steal-49-million-in-ethereum-from-upbit-exchange-p-2825 |website=www.bankinfosecurity.com |access-date=18 February 2021 |language=en}}</ref> | | 2019 || November 27 || Security || South Korean cryptocurrency exchange Upbit is hacked, with 342,000 ETH (US$48.7 million) bring stolen from the "hot wallet".<ref>{{cite web |last1=Canellis |first1=David |title=Hackers steal $48.7M in Ethereum from South Korean cryptocurrency exchange Upbit |url=https://thenextweb.com/hardfork/2019/11/27/ethereum-upbit-cryptocurrency-exchange-hackers-stolen-million-hot-wallet/ |website=Hard Fork {{!}} The Next Web |access-date=18 February 2021 |language=en-us |date=27 November 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Hackers Steal $49 Million in Ethereum From Upbit Exchange |url=https://www.bankinfosecurity.com/blogs/hackers-steal-49-million-in-ethereum-from-upbit-exchange-p-2825 |website=www.bankinfosecurity.com |access-date=18 February 2021 |language=en}}</ref> | ||
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| 2020 || January 1 || Protocol introduction || The Muir Glacier hard fork occurs at block 9,200,000.<ref name="The history of Ethereumv"/><ref name=".plus500"/><ref>{{cite web |last1=Foundation |first1=Ethereum |title=Ethereum Muir Glacier Upgrade Announcement |url=https://blog.ethereum.org/2019/12/23/ethereum-muir-glacier-upgrade-announcement/ |website=blog.ethereum.org |access-date=18 February 2021 |language=en}}</ref> It has only one improvement proposal, EIP 2384, which would delay the difficulty bomb (the increasing difficulty level of puzzles in the mining algorithm used to reward miners with Ether on its blockchain) for another 4,000,000 blocks, or approximately 611 days.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Ranjan |first1=Pooja |title=Ethereum Muir Glacier Upgrade |url=https://medium.com/ethereum-cat-herders/ethereum-muir-glacier-upgrade-89b8cea5a210 |website=Medium |access-date=18 February 2021 |language=en |date=31 December 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Foundation |first1=Ethereum |title=Ethereum Muir Glacier Upgrade Announcement |url=https://blog.ethereum.org/2019/12/23/ethereum-muir-glacier-upgrade-announcement/ |website=blog.ethereum.org |access-date=18 February 2021 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Ranjan |first1=Pooja |title=Ethereum Muir Glacier Upgrade |url=https://medium.com/ethereum-cat-herders/ethereum-muir-glacier-upgrade-89b8cea5a210 |website=Medium |access-date=18 February 2021 |language=en |date=31 December 2019}}</ref> | | 2020 || January 1 || Protocol introduction || The Muir Glacier hard fork occurs at block 9,200,000.<ref name="The history of Ethereumv"/><ref name=".plus500"/><ref>{{cite web |last1=Foundation |first1=Ethereum |title=Ethereum Muir Glacier Upgrade Announcement |url=https://blog.ethereum.org/2019/12/23/ethereum-muir-glacier-upgrade-announcement/ |website=blog.ethereum.org |access-date=18 February 2021 |language=en}}</ref> It has only one improvement proposal, EIP 2384, which would delay the difficulty bomb (the increasing difficulty level of puzzles in the mining algorithm used to reward miners with Ether on its blockchain) for another 4,000,000 blocks, or approximately 611 days.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Ranjan |first1=Pooja |title=Ethereum Muir Glacier Upgrade |url=https://medium.com/ethereum-cat-herders/ethereum-muir-glacier-upgrade-89b8cea5a210 |website=Medium |access-date=18 February 2021 |language=en |date=31 December 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Foundation |first1=Ethereum |title=Ethereum Muir Glacier Upgrade Announcement |url=https://blog.ethereum.org/2019/12/23/ethereum-muir-glacier-upgrade-announcement/ |website=blog.ethereum.org |access-date=18 February 2021 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Ranjan |first1=Pooja |title=Ethereum Muir Glacier Upgrade |url=https://medium.com/ethereum-cat-herders/ethereum-muir-glacier-upgrade-89b8cea5a210 |website=Medium |access-date=18 February 2021 |language=en |date=31 December 2019}}</ref> | ||
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| − | | 2020 || May 19 || Ethereum blockchain token release || OmiseGO (OMG) begins trading on Coinbase Pro.<ref>{{cite web |title=OmiseGO (OMG) is launching on Coinbase Pro |url=https://blog.coinbase.com/omisego-omg-is-launching-on-coinbase-pro-46849dc228ce |website=Medium |access-date=6 April 2021 |language=en |date=19 May 2020}}</ref> | + | | 2020 || May 19 || Ethereum blockchain token release || OmiseGO (OMG) begins trading on Coinbase Pro.<ref>{{cite web |title=OmiseGO (OMG) is launching on Coinbase Pro |url=https://blog.coinbase.com/omisego-omg-is-launching-on-coinbase-pro-46849dc228ce |website=Medium |access-date=6 April 2021 |language=en |date=19 May 2020}}</ref> It is a layer 2 scaling solution for Ethereum that promises faster transaction times and lower gas fees.<ref>{{cite web |title=What Is OmiseGO (OMG)? |url=https://academy.binance.com/en/articles/what-is-omisego-omg |website=Binance Academy |access-date=11 April 2021 |language=en}}</ref> |
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| 2020 || June || Competition || Data from Dune Analytics estimates that nearly US$60 million in Bitcoin were moved to Ethereum in the month.<ref>{{cite web |title=Nearly $60M in Bitcoin Moved to Ethereum in June |url=https://www.coindesk.com/nearly-60m-in-bitcoin-moved-to-ethereum-in-june |website=CoinDesk |access-date=17 February 2021 |language=en |date=7 July 2020}}</ref> | | 2020 || June || Competition || Data from Dune Analytics estimates that nearly US$60 million in Bitcoin were moved to Ethereum in the month.<ref>{{cite web |title=Nearly $60M in Bitcoin Moved to Ethereum in June |url=https://www.coindesk.com/nearly-60m-in-bitcoin-moved-to-ethereum-in-june |website=CoinDesk |access-date=17 February 2021 |language=en |date=7 July 2020}}</ref> | ||
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| 2020 || July || Mining || Ethereum miners’ income Soars by 60% in a month as a result of soaring transaction fees on the network, as well as relatively slow growth in competition from other miners.<ref>{{cite web |title=Ethereum Miners' Income Soars by 60% in a Month |url=https://www.coindesk.com/ethereum-miners-income-soars-by-60-in-a-month-outruns-ethers-price-jump |website=CoinDesk |access-date=17 February 2021 |language=en |date=27 July 2020}}</ref> | | 2020 || July || Mining || Ethereum miners’ income Soars by 60% in a month as a result of soaring transaction fees on the network, as well as relatively slow growth in competition from other miners.<ref>{{cite web |title=Ethereum Miners' Income Soars by 60% in a Month |url=https://www.coindesk.com/ethereum-miners-income-soars-by-60-in-a-month-outruns-ethers-price-jump |website=CoinDesk |access-date=17 February 2021 |language=en |date=27 July 2020}}</ref> | ||
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| − | | 2020 || July 28 || Ethereum blockchain token release || Augur (REP) is launched.<ref>{{cite web |title=Augur v2 Launch & REP Migration |url=https://augur.net/blog/v2-launch/#:~:text=Augur%20v2%20will%20be%20launched,the%20Augur%20v2%20reporting%20system. |website=augur.net |access-date=6 April 2021}}</ref> | + | | 2020 || July 28 || Ethereum blockchain token release || Augur (REP) is launched.<ref>{{cite web |title=Augur v2 Launch & REP Migration |url=https://augur.net/blog/v2-launch/#:~:text=Augur%20v2%20will%20be%20launched,the%20Augur%20v2%20reporting%20system. |website=augur.net |access-date=6 April 2021}}</ref> It is powered by Ethereum.<ref>{{cite web |title=Augur: Your global, no-limit betting platform |url=https://augur.net/ |website=augur.net |access-date=11 April 2021}}</ref> |
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| − | | 2020 || October 14 || Ethereum blockchain development || Staking is introduced to the Ethereum ecosystem.<ref name="The history of Ethereumv"/><ref>{{cite web |last1=Foundation |first1=Ethereum |title=eth2 quick update no. 19 |url=https://blog.ethereum.org/2020/11/04/eth2-quick-update-no-19/ |website=blog.ethereum.org |access-date=18 February 2021 |language=en}}</ref> | + | | 2020 || October 14 || Ethereum blockchain development || Staking is introduced to the Ethereum ecosystem by the staking deposit contract.<ref name="The history of Ethereumv"/><ref>{{cite web |last1=Foundation |first1=Ethereum |title=eth2 quick update no. 19 |url=https://blog.ethereum.org/2020/11/04/eth2-quick-update-no-19/ |website=blog.ethereum.org |access-date=18 February 2021 |language=en}}</ref> |
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| − | | 2020 || October 22 || | + | | 2020 || October 22 || Adoption|| A new <code>ethereum.org</code> developer portal is introduced.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Foundation |first1=Ethereum |title=Introducing the new ethereum.org developer portal |url=https://blog.ethereum.org/2020/10/22/introducing-the-new-developer-portal/ |website=blog.ethereum.org |access-date=29 March 2021 |language=en}}</ref> |
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| 2020 || October 22 || Adoption || PayPal launches a new service enabling its customers to buy, hold and sell cryptocurrencies, including Bitcoin, Ethereum and Litecoin direct from their PayPal account.<ref>{{cite web |title=PayPal opens up to Bitcoin, Ethereum and Litecoin - but with minimal functionality for now |url=https://blockchaintechnology-news.com/2020/10/paypal-opens-up-to-bitcoin-ethereum-and-litecoin-but-with-minimal-functionality-for-now/ |website=The Block |access-date=17 February 2021 |date=22 October 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Schroeder |first1=Stan |title=PayPal to allow customers to buy and sell Bitcoin, Ethereum, and other cryptocurrencies |url=https://mashable.com/article/paypal-bitcoin-cryptocurrency/ |website=Mashable |access-date=17 February 2021 |language=en}}</ref> | | 2020 || October 22 || Adoption || PayPal launches a new service enabling its customers to buy, hold and sell cryptocurrencies, including Bitcoin, Ethereum and Litecoin direct from their PayPal account.<ref>{{cite web |title=PayPal opens up to Bitcoin, Ethereum and Litecoin - but with minimal functionality for now |url=https://blockchaintechnology-news.com/2020/10/paypal-opens-up-to-bitcoin-ethereum-and-litecoin-but-with-minimal-functionality-for-now/ |website=The Block |access-date=17 February 2021 |date=22 October 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Schroeder |first1=Stan |title=PayPal to allow customers to buy and sell Bitcoin, Ethereum, and other cryptocurrencies |url=https://mashable.com/article/paypal-bitcoin-cryptocurrency/ |website=Mashable |access-date=17 February 2021 |language=en}}</ref> | ||
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| 2020 || December 1 || Ethereum blockchain development || The first stage of the next-generation proof-of-stake (PoS) Ethereum 2.0 becomes live when the Beacon Chain starts producing blocks. This is considered ETH 2.0 Phase 0.<ref name="The history of Ethereumv"/><ref name="blog.ethes"/><ref>{{cite web |last1=December 2020 |first1=Joel Khalili 01 |title=Against all odds, Ethereum 2.0 is finally here |url=https://www.techradar.com/news/against-all-odds-ethereum-20-is-finally-here |website=TechRadar |access-date=17 February 2021 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Ethereum 2.0 Beacon Chain Goes Live as 'World Computer' Begins Long-Awaited Overhaul |url=https://www.coindesk.com/ethereum-2-0-beacon-chain-goes-live-as-world-computer-begins-long-awaited-overhaul |website=CoinDesk |access-date=17 February 2021 |language=en |date=1 December 2020}}</ref> | | 2020 || December 1 || Ethereum blockchain development || The first stage of the next-generation proof-of-stake (PoS) Ethereum 2.0 becomes live when the Beacon Chain starts producing blocks. This is considered ETH 2.0 Phase 0.<ref name="The history of Ethereumv"/><ref name="blog.ethes"/><ref>{{cite web |last1=December 2020 |first1=Joel Khalili 01 |title=Against all odds, Ethereum 2.0 is finally here |url=https://www.techradar.com/news/against-all-odds-ethereum-20-is-finally-here |website=TechRadar |access-date=17 February 2021 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Ethereum 2.0 Beacon Chain Goes Live as 'World Computer' Begins Long-Awaited Overhaul |url=https://www.coindesk.com/ethereum-2-0-beacon-chain-goes-live-as-world-computer-begins-long-awaited-overhaul |website=CoinDesk |access-date=17 February 2021 |language=en |date=1 December 2020}}</ref> | ||
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| − | | 2021 || February 8 || | + | | 2021 || February 8 || Adoption || {{w|CME Group}} announces launch of Ether futures, prompting a currency valuation to an all-time peak of US$1,938 .<ref>{{cite web |last1=Group |first1=C. M. E. |title=CME Group Announces Launch of Ether Futures |url=https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/cme-group-announces-launch-of-ether-futures-301223273.html |website=www.prnewswire.com |access-date=7 March 2021 |language=en}}</ref> “Ethereum Booms in Anticipation of CME’s ETH Futures Launch” <ref>{{cite web |title=Ethereum Booms in Anticipation of CME’s ETH Futures Launch |url=https://cryptobriefing.com/ethereum-booms-anticipation-cme-eth-futures-launch/?__cf_chl_jschl_tk__=b3119de4d2586d943d676fe2e29391a3af8b8ae2-1613598899-0-AakCBpmWRo3XevKBQTVamUqlHfuzTGlcnqDMVphRAp7P16kPAs7Wf81Apl2rji5E63Zrtoc_qYV_DJy7W6T_iONH84jTl3w44YhhzJbj1QFapm6nG2ix-SHSwdZTJZj09lD4XviZEQ2lDBGaRsx0vUC2NK5yxAC5BiiBBvpozOik9Q5Dy5qyvBfLIQV0byB0a_4oC9vJgUtkZAEJx8ikgh-5C_p9qhBNoAy7fEDJLg98rTtoPBie0GAV-zvGoLOs3BYLVOr4zS89sIaTT_cU4S7jV28gw9VjWl7na9brlRd3bjJsZ6zolzpaEBSIuK2jGD8-kStAT1bDBUQRtLDa96jbuqByVHUZACj2MaGCHMg_VRTSrCqanDwnF-Y-W1P-KQ |website=cryptobriefing.com |access-date=17 February 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Cryptocurrency Ethereum hits record high ahead of CME futures launch |url=https://finance.yahoo.com/news/cryptocurrency-ethereum-hits-record-high-140442910.html |website=finance.yahoo.com |access-date=17 February 2021}}</ref> |
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| + | | 2021 || February 24 || Adoption || Crypto asset management firm CoinShares launches an exchange-traded product (ETP) backed by Ethereum, with US$75 million in funds.<ref>{{cite web |title=CoinShares Launches Ethereum ETP With $75 Million in Funds |url=https://cryptonews.net/en/475433/ |website=cryptonews.net |access-date=9 April 2021 |language=en}}</ref> | ||
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| − | | 2021 || | + | | 2021 || March 2 || Adoption || {{w|Amazon Web Services}} blockchain service launches support for Ethereum, which allows AWS customers to easily provide Ethereum nodes in minutes and connect to the public Ethereum main network and test networks such as Rinkeby and Ropsten.<ref>{{cite web |title=Amazon Managed Blockchain at Last Supports Ethereum, Ending a Two-Year Tease |url=https://www.coindesk.com/amazon-managed-blockchain-at-last-supports-ethereum-ending-a-two-year-tease |website=CoinDesk |access-date=4 March 2021 |language=en |date=2 March 2021}}</ref> |
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| − | | 2021 || | + | | 2021 || August 5 || Protocol upgrade || Ethereum activates the called 'London hard fork' at block 12,965,000. This brings some changes, including altering the way transaction fees are calculated, ideally smoothing them out and making them less volatile; as well as essentially setting the stage for a major transformation of Ethereum that would make it harder for miners to earn money and could eventually make mining irrelevant.<ref>{{cite web |title=Ethereum just activated a major change called the 'London hard fork' — here's why it's a big deal |url=https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/ethereum-just-activated-its-london-hard-fork-and-its-a-really-big-deal/ar-AAMYsaT |website=www.msn.com |access-date=2 October 2021}}</ref> |
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This is a timeline of Ethereum, attempting to describe the evolution of the blockchain.
Contents
Sample questions
The following are some interesting questions that can be answered by reading this timeline:
- What are some notable events occurring during the early development of Ethereum?
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- You will mostly see events related to Vitalik Buterin, the creator of Ethereum.
- What are some of the numerous events describing adoption of the Ethereum blockchain, whether as technology or currency?
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- You will see multiple examples of adoption of Ethereum blockchain, often by organizations of great magnitude like Microsoft.
- What are some notable events related to Ethereum mining?
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- What are the several protocols released with the purpose to upgrade the Ethereum blockchain?
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- What are some important events describing the development of the Ethereum blockchain?
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- What are some events describing the evolution of Ethereum valuation?
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- You will mostly see events describing notable thresholds in valuation surpassed by Eth.
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Summary by year
| Time period | Development summary | More details |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Prelude | Vitalik Buterin releases the Ethereum white paper, proposing a new platform which would allow for decentralized application to mark the start of a new era of online transactions.[1][2] |
| 2014 | Initial sale | Ether officially goes on sale for the first time. The Yellow paper is released. |
| 2015 | Project implementation | Ethereum mainnet launches. The Ethereum network goes live.[3][2][4] |
| 2016 | Major split | Ethereum is split into two separate blockchains, Ethereum, and Ethereum Classic, as a result of a US$50 million worth of funds being hacked.[2][5] |
| 2017 | Cryptocurrency bubble | Ethereum valuation skyrockets 7,785.3% in the year as a result of the cryptocurrency boom. Enterprise Ethereum Alliance Launches.[4] |
| 2018 | Bubble crash and correction | Ethereum loses 84.8% of its value. |
| 2019 | Consolidation | Ethereum becomes the second largest cryptocurrency, second only to Bitcoin.[6] Istanbul and Constantinople forks occur. |
| 2020 | Ethereum 2.0 | The Beacon Chain genesis launches as the first phase of Ethereum 2.0 . |
Numerical and visual data
Google Scholar
The following table summarizes per-year mentions on Google Scholar as of May 27, 2021.
| Year | ethereum | ethereum blockchain | smart contracts ethereum | ethereum hyperledger | ethereum proof |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 59 | 23 | 9 | 3 | 12 |
| 2014 | 166 | 81 | 49 | 62 | |
| 2015 | 307 | 229 | 143 | 8 | 159 |
| 2016 | 992 | 788 | 526 | 97 | 527 |
| 2017 | 3,360 | 2,910 | 1,770 | 529 | 1,680 |
| 2018 | 9,020 | 8,220 | 4,970 | 1,590 | 4,800 |
| 2019 | 12,000 | 10,300 | 7,230 | 2,600 | 6,970 |
| 2020 | 13,000 | 12,400 | 8,380 | 3,550 | 7,990 |
Google Trends
The comparative chart below shows Google Trends data for Bitcoin (Search term) and Ethereum (Search term), from January 2009 to March 2021, when the screenshot was taken. Interest is also ranked by country and displayed on world map.[7]
Google Ngram Viewer
The chart below shows Google Ngram Viewer data for Ethereum and Bitcoin, from 2000 to 2019.[8]
Wikipedia Views
The compartive chart shows pageviews of the English Wikipedia articles Bitcoin and Ethereum on desktop, from July 2015 to February 2021. [9]
Other
The chart below shows the Ethereum price evolution in USD, in logarithmic scale, from July 30, 2015 to April 1, 2021.[10]
The chart below shows the Ethereum price evolution in USD, from July 30 2015 to April 1 2021.[10]
The chart below shows the Ethereum hash rate evolution, from July 30 2015 to April 1 2021.[10]
The chart below shows the Ethereum hash rate evolution in logarithmic scale, from July 30 2015 to April 1 2021.[10]
Full timeline
| Year | Month and date | Event type | Details |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | January 31 | Prelude | Vitalik Buterin is born in Kolomna, Russia.[11] |
| 2013 | November 27 | Early development | Vitalik Buterin publishes the Ethereum introductory paper.[3] |
| 2013 | November 27 | Domain registration | ethereum.org is registered.[12]
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| 2013 | December 31 | Early development | Vitalik Buterin publishes the Bootstrapping a Decentralized Autonomous Corporation article series.[13] |
| 2014 | January | Early development | Ethereum is announced at the North American Bitcoin Conference in Miami.[14] |
| 2014 | February 1 | Early development | Vitalik Buterin publishes On Transaction Fees, And The Fallacy of Market-Based Solutions.[15] |
| 2014 | February 3 | Early development | Vitalik Buterin introduces Ethereum Script 2.0.[16] |
| 2014 | April 1 | Early development | Dr. Gavin Wood publishes the Yellow Paper [1], which serves as a technical definition of the Ethereum protocol.[3][17] |
| 2014 | July 22 | Early development | Ether officially goes on sale for 42 days, and can be bought with Bitcoin.[3] |
| 2015 | April | Ethereum blockchain development | The Ethereum Foundation announces the creation of the DEVgrants program, with the purpose to support and reward the work of developers who contribute to the Ethereum project.[18] |
| 2015 | May 9 | Early development | The Ethereum Foundation announces the release of Olympic, the ninth in the Ethereum Proof-of-Concept series, with the purpose to reward people who try to test the limits of the Ethereum blockchain during the pre-release period.[19][20] |
| 2015 | May 14 | Adoption | “eπ” Ethereum-on-Raspberry Pi programme is rolled out, with the purpose to place a full Ethereum node on the internet to communities around the world.[21] |
| 2015 | July 30 | Protocol release | The Ethereum Genesis block is generated and loaded, marking the inception of Frontier, the first Live release of the Ethereum project.[22][3][23] The Ethereum mining network and the ability to execute contracts are first released.[24][25][26] 72 million coins are premined.[27][28] This thawing fork sets the default gasPrice (gas is the pricing value required to successfully conduct a transaction or execute a contract on the Ethereum blockchain platform).[3] |
| 2015 | September 8 | Protocol release | Hard fork under code name Ice Age occurs at block number 200,000, introducing the Difficulty Bomb, a mechanism designed to move the network's consensus mechanism away from Proof-of-Work to Proof-of-Stake.[29] |
| 2015 | October 4 | Adoption | English musician Imogen Heap manages to release single Tiny Human as a digital contract and demonstrates that music can be shared transparently and completely fairly on a blockchain without the need for intermediaries of any kind, showing how smart music contracts work using Ethereum.[30] |
| 2015 | October 28 | Adoption | Microsoft partners with blockchain software technology company ConsenSys with the purpose to use Ethereum to provide Blockchain-as-a-Service. Business users of Microsoft’s cloud-based Azure service would thus be able to access Ethereum Blockchain-as-a-Service, or ‘E BaaS’.[31][32][33] |
| 2015 | December 8 | Adoption | Microsoft announces plan to expand its Ethereum tools is also planned with “C++ Ethereum”, a combo consisting in two flexible languages, and Ethereum on Windows Server.[34] |
| 2016 | January 28 | Market capitalization | Ethereum surpasses Litecoin in market capitalization.[35] |
| 2016 | February | Adoption | A group of Ukrainian officials sign a memorandum to move multiple levels of elections to the Ethereum blockchain with the use of platform E-vox. The memorandum has the purpose to create "a decentralized, transparent and accessible system for group decisions making via blockchain-based instruments" for political primaries, elections and online petitions or referenda.[36] |
| 2016 | March 1 | Adoption | Ethereum blockchain software provider BlockApps becomes the first certified offering on Microsoft Azure’s Blockchain-as-a-Service (BaaS) marketplace. This deployment of Ethereum blockchain architecture enables enterprises and developers to quickly deploy a certified blockchain environment on Azure.[37] |
| 2016 | March 5 | Early development | Serenity PoC2 is released. This proof of concept has the purpose to implement the complete Ethereum protocol and make it function even in a highly restricted test environment.[38] |
| 2016 | March 14 | Protocol release | The Ethereum project releases Homestead, an official update including several protocol changes and a networking change that gives Ethereum the ability to do further network upgrades. The hardfork takes place at block 1,150,000.[39][40][3][41][42] |
| 2016 | April 1 | Partnership | Vitalik Buterin announces Ethereum partnership with R3CEV on Lizardcoin, with the purpose to combine the best of centralized finance and Blockchain technology.[43] |
| 2016 | April 4 | Adoption | Mexican cryptocurrency exchange Bitso adds ability to buy and sell Ether with Mexican pesos.[44] |
| 2016 | April 11 | Adoption | Two Brooklyn residents use the Ethereum blockchain technology to facilitate a transaction that lets one sell energy directly to the other. The exchange is executed thanks to LO3, a green energy startup working to introdice blockchain to the energy industry.[45] |
| 2016 | April 28 | Technology integration | Vitalik Buterin discusses the possibilty to integrate the the Ethereum blockchain with Hyperledger, an umbrella project of open source blockchains and related tools started in December 2015 by the Linux Foundation.[46] |
| 2016 | June 17 | Security | An attack is perpetrated on the Decentralized Autonomous Organization (DAO), with 3.6 million ETH (US$50 million) being stolen by an unknown hacker. Due to the way the contract was designed, these funds would be frozen for 28 days before they could be transferred, and an unplanned hard fork would take place later on July 20 as an attempt to restore funds.[47][48][20] The value of Ethereum subsequently tanks as a result of the hack.[49] |
| 2016 | July 20 | Protocol upgrade | The DAO Fork occurs at block 1,920,000 in response to the DAO incident, as an unplanned hard fork by the Ethereum community, who decided to hard fork the chain in order to restore the hacked funds to their original wallets and patch the vulnerability.[50][3][51][52][53] The original chain — with the stolen ether not returned — becomes Ethereum Classic, which would become weaker and subject to exploitation over time.[47] |
| 2016 | August 11 | Adoption | A team of developers claim having successfully completed the first off-blockchain transaction on Ethereum, having sent ether from Copenhagen to Mumbai.[54] |
| 2016 | September 26 | Adoption | Decentralized eSports platform FirstBlood raises just over US$6 million in Ethereum (ETH 465,312.999) within seconds, in what is considered a new record for speedy funding time in the blockchain assets ecosystem.[55] |
| 2016 | October | Adoption | American multinational investment bank JPMorgan Chase demonstrates the development of a private, permissioned version of the Ethereum network. This project is described as "an additional choice in the company’s toolkit of software offerings aimed at solving business problems".[56][57] |
| 2016 | October 18 | Protocol upgrade | The Tangerine Whistle fork occurs as a small unplanned fork at block 2,463,000, with the purpose "to change the gas calculation for certain I/O-intensive operations and to clear the accumulated state from a denial-of-service attack, which exploited the low gas cost of those operations." It is the first response to the denial of service (DoS) attacks on the network in September-October 2016, including addressing urgent network health issues concerning underpriced operation codes.[3] "Tangerine Whistle - October 2016"[2][3][58][59] |
| 2016 | November 2 | Ethereum blockchain development | An Ethereum programming language bug is found, affecting a specific style of smart contract and most of the contracts affected to be taken down or changed. Bugs on Ethereum are found to be uniquely hazardous.[60] |
| 2016 | November (early) | Adoption | Microsoft launches its Ethereum Consortium Blockchain Network, with the purpose to enter the next phase of its blockchain work. Designed with emphasis in usability, the product allows groups of companies to deploy a private Ethereum network with a single click. This project is expected to "help entire industries work together to more easily build increasingly complex consortia that better leverage the network effects of shared, immutable ledgers."[61] |
| 2016 | November 9 | Open-sourcing | Accounting services provider Deloitte announces plans to open-source its ethereum-based Smart Identity platform.[62] |
| 2016 | November 23 | Protocol upgrade | Hard fork under code name Spurious Dragon occurs at block number 2,675,000. It is the second response to the denial of service (DoS) attacks on the network (occurring in September/October 2016). Four Ethereum improvement proposals (EIP-155, EIP-160, EIP-161, and EIP-170)[3] are included in this fork.[3][2][3][63][64] |
| 2016 | December 6 | Adoption | In a startup contest, Austria's Erste Bank awards two Ethereum projects, Etherisc, an automated insurance tool, and Status, a mobile-based browser that combines support for payments and decentralized applications.[65] |
| 2016 | December 20 | Security | Administrators of the Ethereum Project announce a data breach having affected over 16,500 users of the platform's community forums. The Ethereum forum is a gathering for Ether users with the purpose to discuss and share knowledge on Ether mining and trading.[66] |
| 2017 | February 13 | Ethereum blockchain token release | The Bancor Protocol Whitepaper is first introduced.[67] |
| 2017 | February 14 | Adoption | Project Oaken, a startup building an Ethereum-based platform for IoT applications, wins US$100,000 at a blockchain hackathon in Dubai.[68] |
| 2017 | March 1 | Adoption | A Blockchain alliance is formed based on Ethereum by organizations icluding Microsoft, Intel, Accenture, Credit Suisse Group, and UBS.[69] |
| 2017 | March 6 | Adoption | U.S. investment firm rayscale Investments announces plans to launch the first private fund focused on Ethereum Classic, with a seed capital of US$10 million.[70] |
| 2017 | March 16 | Adoption | Blockchain startup Bloq announces having joined the Enterprise Ethereum Alliance.[71] |
| 2017 | March 23 | Adoption | Atlanta-based cloud storage Storj Labs announces plan to migrate its decentralized storage service to the Ethereum blockchain.[72] |
| 2017 | April 25 | Ethereum blockchain token release | Ethereum-Based Gnosis launches an extraordinary fast initial coin offering, concluding in 10 minutes, and raising almost US$12 million.[73] |
| 2017 | April 26 | Adoption | American investment firm Grayscale Investments launches the Ethereum Classic Investment Trust, aimed to track the price of Ethereum Classic.[74] |
| 2017 | May 1 | Adoption | The WINGS token is released on the Ethereum network and integrated on the Liqui and Bittrex exchanges.[75][76] |
| 2017 | May | Ethereum blockchain token release | Brave launches the Basic Attention Token (BAT).[77] |
| 2017 | May 18 | Adoption | Henri Pihkala, Founder at cloud platform Streamr, posts an article titled Streamr Brings U.S. Stocks to Ethereum Blockchain, which describes advancements made by the platform, as it experiments with decentralizing its databases and integrating Ethereum into its blockchain systems.[78] |
| 2017 | May 30 | Adoption | Chinese cryptocurrency exchange OKCoin formally launches Ethereum deposit and withdrawal services.[79] |
| 2017 | June 15 | Ethereum blockchain token release | Status (SNT) white paper is released.[80][81] |
| 2017 | June 21 | Valuation | Ethereum price tumbles temporarily from around US$320 to just 10 cents in a flash crash triggered by a “When a trader having sold a large position.[82] |
| 2017 | June 21 | Ethereum blockchain token release | TenX initial coin offering is launched. It is a token built on the Ethereum blockchain.[83][84] |
| 2017 | July 7 | Mining | It is reported that,by this time, Ethereum and Bitcoin energy consumption surpasses entire countries' power budgets, including those of Jordan and Syria.[85] |
| 2017 | July 20 | Security | Hackers manage to exploit a vulnerability in digital wallet service Parity, stealing 153,000 Ether worth approximately US$34 million from three separate multi-signature Ethereum wallets.[86] |
| 2017 | August 12 | Adoption | Microsoft releases the Confidential Consortium (Coco) Framework, an Ethereum based protocol which allows commercial companies and other large-scale organizations to process information on the Ethereum Blockchain with increased privacy.[87][88][89][90] |
| 2017 | August 30 | Partnership | The Ethereum Foundation signs a partnership with Russian state-owned development bank Vnesheconombank with the purpose to support its new blockchain research center, providing specialist training for distributed ledger technology and the Ethereum platform. The partnership aims at fostering a community of Ethereum experts in Russia and to assist the formation of Ethereum-based projects.[91] |
| 2017 | September 4 | Valuation | The Chinese regulator orders all Initial coin offerings to be halted in the country, for exchanges to stop trading in the tokens, and for funds already raised to be returned to investors. This decision prompts the Ethereum price to plunge subsequently.[92] |
| 2017 | September 8 | Ethereum blockchain token release | Blackmoon Financial Group announces the launch of Blackmoon Crypto Platform, an Ethereum blockchain-based platform for tokenized vehicles.[93][94][95][96] |
| 2017 | October 16 | Protocol upgrade | The Byzantium hard fork occurs at block number 4,370,000. Planned as the first phase of the next stage of Ethereum’s roadmap was known as Metropolis, this fork aims to reduce block mining rewards from 5 to 3 ETH, to delay the difficulty bomb by a year, to add ability to make non-state-changing calls to other contracts, and to added certain cryptography methods to allow for layer 2 scaling.[3][2][97][47] |
| 2017 | October 31 | Adoption | Amazon Technologies, Inc., a subsidiary of Amazon, registers amazonethereum.com, in addition to amazoncryptocurrency.com and amazoncryptocurrencies.com.[98]
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| 2017 | November 6 | Security | Github user devops199 manages to exploit a vulnerability within the smart-contract library code of wallet service Parity, blocking funds in 587 wallets holding a total of 513,774.16 Ether as well as various other tokens.[99] “A major vulnerability has frozen hundreds of millions of dollars of Ethereum” [100] |
| 2018 | January 4 | Valuation | Ethereum valuation surpasses US$1,000 for the first time.[101][102] |
| 2018 | January | Ethereum blockchain development | The Ethereum Foundation announces the creation of two programs to help fund the efforts of developers working on scaling solutions for Ethereum, by offering subsidies for those participating and by giving access to the opportunity to participate in Ethereum 2.0 Development.[18] |
| 2018 | February 2 | Leadership | Vitalik Buterin donates US$2.4 million worth of ether to life extension nonprofit SENS Research Foundation.[103] |
| 2018 | February 5 | Mining | Unicef launches the Game Chaingers scheme, a project to recruit gamers to use the processing power of their computers to mine Ethereum to raise money for Syrian children.[104][105] |
| 2018 | March | Ethereum blockchain development | The Ethereum Foundation announces the first wave of grants, with 13 projects receiving a combined total of US$ 2,5 million.[18] |
| 2018 | April 24 | Security | Hackers manage to break the basic infrastructure of the internet, and manage to steal least US$13,000 in Ethereum by intercepting domain name system requests for myetherwallet.com.[106]
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| 2018 | April 25 | Security | Around 215 Ether (roughly US$152,000) are stolen from users of MyEtherWallet.com[107] in Amazon Web Services’ DNS server attack, in which hackers appear to have rerouted IP addresses operated by that service.[108] |
| 2018 | May 18 | Notable comment | Apple Inc. co-founder Steve Wozniak comments that Ethereum could be the "new Apple”, describing it as a platform that is just like the company and could become as influential as Apple became.[109] |
| 2017 | May 18 | Ethereum blockchain token release | Decentralized cryptocurrency exchange protocol 0x goes live from white paper to functioning early stage over-the-counter (OTC) platform for exchanging ethereum-based tokens, which starts settling trades.[110] |
| 2018 | May 21 | Adoption | A group of 500 companies – including Accenture, AMD, Intel, JP Morgan, Microsoft, Samsung, Shell and UBS – set together version 1.0 of its standard for a business-centric distributed ledger tech based on the Ethereum Blockchain.[111] |
| 2018 | May 31 | Userbase | Ethereum surpasses Bitcoin in the number of active users.[112] |
| 2018 | June 11 | Supply | Ethereum’s total supply crosses the 100 million mark, meaning there is more than 100 million Ether in circulation. [113] |
| 2018 | June 14 | Official response | The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission declares it does not declare Ethereum tokens a security.[114][115] |
| 2018 | July 18 | Notable comment | Internet entrepreneur Jeremy Allaire comments that Ethereum may drive blockchain to be as broadly adopted as the Internet.[116] |
| 2018 | September 3 | Adoption | Google announces Ethereum dataset availability in BigQuery, for smart contract analytics.[117] "Regular Chrome users are now capable of reading all of the data stored on Ethereum’s blockchain." “Google releases tools for probing Ethereum’s blockchain” [118][119][120] |
| 2018 | September 18 | Notable comment | Tech analyst Ian McLeod comments that "advancements on the Ethereum blockchain could see Bitcoin’s dominance shrink in the next five years.[121] |
| 2018 | December 13 | Adoption | Norwegian software company Opera announces that Opera for Android supports Ethereum, with the purpose to allow people to make transactions and developers to create decentralized apps.[122] |
| 2019 | February 18 | Ethereum blockchain token release | Blockchain data platform Streamr officially releases Monoplasma, a new open-source Ethereum scaling technology.[123] |
| 2019 | February 28 | Protocol upgrade | The Constantinople fork occurs at Block number 7,280,000[3][2] as the second part of the Metropolis upgrade (after Byzantium). This upgrade aims to implement a number of Ethereum Improvement Proposals (EIPs), to reduce block reward, and to delay Difficulty Bomb (intended to help transition towards proof of stake).[47] As it was supposed to happen at Block number 7,080,000, the fork is postponed due to the discovery of a problem with EIP-1283, which is removed from the list of planned integrations, and the fork is rescheduled to block 7,280,000, and is given a new name: St. Petersburg.[20] |
| 2019 | March 13 | Adoption | Crypto service provider Abra adds native Ethereum support to its platform, enabling the cryptocurrency wallet and exchange users to receive, hold, sell, and buy Ethereum directly on the platform.[124] |
| 2019 | April 23 | Adoption | French financial services company Société Générale issues about US$112 million worth of bonds in the form of a security token on the public Ethereum blockchain.[125] |
| 2019 | April 24 | Adoption | Samsung announces development of its own blockchain on Ethereum.[126][127][128] |
| 2019 | May 22 | Ethereum blockchain development | The Ethereum Foundation announces a three-pronged approach to allocating US$30 million designated for developing the Ethereum network over the next year, with much of the funding going to Ethereum 2.0 projects including client teams, research, documentation and communication, and layer two projects like Plasma.[129] |
| 2019 | July 9 | Adoption | Uber Health grants access to its entire U.S. fleet to Solve.Care, a startup that uses the Ethereum blockchain to connect nearly every aspect of the healthcare ecosystem via a shared ledger of transactions.[130] |
| 2019 | September 16 | Adoption | BitPay, the largest global blockchain payments provider, announces launch of support for Ethereum, which allows customers to safely, securely, and compliantly accept the currency. Businesses using BitPay for payment processing would be able to accept Ethereum for purchases without the need for any integration or enhancements.[131][132] |
| 2019 | September 24 | Mining | The mining community expands Ethereum's network capacity by 25% to allow more transactions to be processed on the network per second, helping to keep fees lower. This is achieved by miners driving up the gas limit, causing it to break above 10 million per block, an increase of 25 percent over the previous week.[133] |
| 2019 | October 1 | Adoption | San Francisco-based Ethereum scaling project Skale Raises US$17.1 million to launch its mainnet, which the firm says would be Ethereum’s “best shot” to beat other smart contract platforms. The funding is to be used to seed and stabilize Skale’s proof of stake network and increase its security.[134] |
| 2019 | October 8 | Philanthropy | UNICEF launches a cryptocurrency fund, backed by the Ethereum Foundation, with the purpose to receive, hold and disburse donations of cryptocurrencies, namely Bitcoin and Ethereum.[135][136] |
| 2019 | November 27 | Security | South Korean cryptocurrency exchange Upbit is hacked, with 342,000 ETH (US$48.7 million) bring stolen from the "hot wallet".[137][138] |
| 2019 | December 8 | Protocol introduction | The Istanbul fork occurs at block number 9,069,000. Among its purposes, it aims to optimize the gas cost of certain actions in the Ethereum Virtual Machine, to improve denial-of-service attack resilience, to enable Ethereum and Zcash to interoperate, and to allow contracts to introduce more creative functions.[3][2][139][140][141] |
| 2019 | December 12 | Notable case | American Ethereum developer Virgil Griffith is arrested by the Federal Bureau of Investigation for providing "highly technical information to North Korea, knowing that this information could be used to help North Korea launder money and evade sanctions."[142][143] |
| 2020 | January 1 | Protocol introduction | The Muir Glacier hard fork occurs at block 9,200,000.[3][2][144] It has only one improvement proposal, EIP 2384, which would delay the difficulty bomb (the increasing difficulty level of puzzles in the mining algorithm used to reward miners with Ether on its blockchain) for another 4,000,000 blocks, or approximately 611 days.[145][146][147] |
| 2020 | May 19 | Ethereum blockchain token release | OmiseGO (OMG) begins trading on Coinbase Pro.[148] It is a layer 2 scaling solution for Ethereum that promises faster transaction times and lower gas fees.[149] |
| 2020 | June | Competition | Data from Dune Analytics estimates that nearly US$60 million in Bitcoin were moved to Ethereum in the month.[150] |
| 2020 | July | Mining | Ethereum miners’ income Soars by 60% in a month as a result of soaring transaction fees on the network, as well as relatively slow growth in competition from other miners.[151] |
| 2020 | July 28 | Ethereum blockchain token release | Augur (REP) is launched.[152] It is powered by Ethereum.[153] |
| 2020 | October 14 | Ethereum blockchain development | Staking is introduced to the Ethereum ecosystem by the staking deposit contract.[3][154] |
| 2020 | October 22 | Adoption | A new ethereum.org developer portal is introduced.[155]
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| 2020 | October 22 | Adoption | PayPal launches a new service enabling its customers to buy, hold and sell cryptocurrencies, including Bitcoin, Ethereum and Litecoin direct from their PayPal account.[156][157] |
| 2020 | November 13 | Mining | Binance launches Ethereum mining pool.[158][159] |
| 2020 | November 17 | Ethereum blockchain development | The Beacon Chain reaches 16384 deposits (genesis validators) of 32 staked ETH. This would allow for the production of blocks on December 1.[3][160] |
| 2020 | December 1 | Ethereum blockchain development | The first stage of the next-generation proof-of-stake (PoS) Ethereum 2.0 becomes live when the Beacon Chain starts producing blocks. This is considered ETH 2.0 Phase 0.[3][160][161][162] |
| 2021 | February 8 | Adoption | CME Group announces launch of Ether futures, prompting a currency valuation to an all-time peak of US$1,938 .[163] “Ethereum Booms in Anticipation of CME’s ETH Futures Launch” [164][165] |
| 2021 | February 24 | Adoption | Crypto asset management firm CoinShares launches an exchange-traded product (ETP) backed by Ethereum, with US$75 million in funds.[166] |
| 2021 | March 2 | Adoption | Amazon Web Services blockchain service launches support for Ethereum, which allows AWS customers to easily provide Ethereum nodes in minutes and connect to the public Ethereum main network and test networks such as Rinkeby and Ropsten.[167] |
| 2021 | August 5 | Protocol upgrade | Ethereum activates the called 'London hard fork' at block 12,965,000. This brings some changes, including altering the way transaction fees are calculated, ideally smoothing them out and making them less volatile; as well as essentially setting the stage for a major transformation of Ethereum that would make it harder for miners to earn money and could eventually make mining irrelevant.[168] |
Mentions on Google Scholar
The following comparative table summarizes per-year mentions of Ethereum, Vitalik Buterin, Bitcoin and Blockchain on Google Scholar. Data retrieved as of March 27, 2021.
| Year | Ethereum | Vitalik Buterin | Bitcoin | Blockchain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 298 | 104 | 4,880 | 1,870 |
| 2016 | 974 | 177 | 6,330 | 4,990 |
| 2017 | 3,290 | 523 | 11,800 | 13,500 |
| 2018 | 8,830 | 1,150 | 21,500 | 38,900 |
| 2019 | 11,700 | 1,380 | 22,800 | 51,500 |
| 2020 | 12,400 | 1,250 | 18,300 | 49,300 |
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