The next decade will bring more institutional adoption for Ethereum, but solving the security concerns of the wider crypto space remains a priority.
The first iteration of Ethereum’s foundational technical document, the white paper, has turned 11 years old.
The first iteration of the document, also called the “proto-white paper” was first shared by Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin in November 2013, in an email titled ‘Introducing Ethereum: a generalized smart contract/DAC platform.’
This marks the first time the Ethereum white paper was shared, although Buterin made some minor changes, before releasing the first version on Ethereum’s website, called a “next-generation smart contract and decentralized application platform,” inspired by Satoshi Nakamoto’s development of the Bitcoin network in 2009.
