Ten Contributions That Changed Crypto
In honor of Ethereum’s 10-year anniversary, BeInCrypto is taking a comprehensive look at the 10 most critical contributions of this revolutionary blockchain to the crypto industry.
These include its smart contracts, ERC-20, EVM, and other important standards, Layer-2 protocols, DAO governance, and how they influenced DeFi, ICOs, NFTs, meme coins, ETFs, and more. Ethereum’s done a lot for us.
Ten Years of Ethereum
Since Vitalik Buterin first launched Ethereum ten years ago, smart contracts have been a key feature of its blockchain. Bitcoin, the first cryptocurrency, allows smart contracts, but Satoshi Nakamoto mainly focused on its trustless and decentralized structure.
Ethereum, on the other hand, introduced…