The True Story of Vitalik Buterin, the Creator of Ethereum and a Crypto Millionaire

Buterin was born in Russia in 1994 and moved to Canada with his family when he was six years old.

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He began working on a new cryptocurrency platform that would allow developers to create more sophisticated decentralized applications.

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In 2014, he launched Ethereum, which quickly gained popularity and introduced the concept of smart contracts.

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Ethereum's native token, Ether (ETH), became one of the most valuable cryptocurrencies on the market, making Buterin a millionaire by the age of 23.

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