{"id":1278,"date":"2022-01-20T22:11:45","date_gmt":"2022-01-20T22:11:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cryptoheretostay.com\/?p=1278"},"modified":"2022-01-20T22:11:46","modified_gmt":"2022-01-20T22:11:46","slug":"vitalik-buterin-talks-creating-ethereum-in-previously-unreleased-2014-interview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cryptoheretostay.com\/?p=1278","title":{"rendered":"Vitalik Buterin talks creating Ethereum in previously unreleased 2014 interview"},"content":{"rendered":"<script type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\namzn_assoc_placement = \"adunit0\";\r\namzn_assoc_tracking_id = \"totafreearti-20\";\r\namzn_assoc_ad_mode = \"search\";\r\namzn_assoc_ad_type = \"smart\";\r\namzn_assoc_marketplace = \"amazon\";\r\namzn_assoc_region = \"US\";\r\namzn_assoc_default_search_phrase = \"crypto\";\r\namzn_assoc_default_category = \"All\";\r\namzn_assoc_search_bar = \"false\";\r\namzn_assoc_title = \"\";\r\namzn_assoc_rows =\"1\";\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"\/\/z-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/onejs?MarketPlace=US\"><\/script>\n<p>The latest episode of Cointelegraph&#8217;s Crypto Stories featured never-before-heard audio from an exclusive interview with Vitalik Buterin, recorded at a conference in Hong Kong in 2014. In this animated short, viewers can learn about the origin story of Ethereum (ETH), the world&#8217;d second-largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization, straight from the founder himself.<\/p>\n<p>Back in 2011, while Buterin was a student at the University of Waterloo, he first heard about Bitcoin from his tech entrepreneur father. However, he didn&#8217;t take the decentralized currency seriously until began participating in Bitcoin forums created by Satoshi Nakamoto.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In Buterin&#8217;s own search to learn about Bitcoin, he became a writer for the now defunct Bitcoin Weekly website where he got paid 5 BTC per article, or $4 at the time, said Buterin.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Related: Finance Redefined: Vitalik bearish on cross-chain, dYdX decentralizing, Jan. 7\u201314<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Next he took his newfound journalism skills to join Mihai Alisie in co-founding Bitcoin Magazine. Their first issue was published in May 2012, according to the publication&#8217;s website, and the magazine is now owned by BTC Media.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Buterin decided to withdraw from his university studies in 2013 at 19 years old to pursue working on blockchain-related projects full-time while traveling around the world. Throughout this time, he realized that cryptocurrency could be used for &#8220;more than just money&#8221; and should allow for more &#8220;freedom.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>Buterin&#8217;s dream was to develop a blockchain with a built-in programming language and thus Ethereum was born, with the help of Mihai Alisie and others. The project was officially announced in January 2014.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Related:\u00a0How a young rebel started Thailand\u2019s leading crypto exchange | Crypto Stories Ep. 1<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>To read more about Ethereum, check out Cointelegraph&#8217;s Ethereum 101 guides and an in-depth profile on Buterin.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\namzn_assoc_placement = \"adunit0\";\r\namzn_assoc_tracking_id = \"totafreearti-20\";\r\namzn_assoc_ad_mode = \"search\";\r\namzn_assoc_ad_type = \"smart\";\r\namzn_assoc_marketplace = \"amazon\";\r\namzn_assoc_region = \"US\";\r\namzn_assoc_default_search_phrase = \"bitcoin\";\r\namzn_assoc_default_category = \"All\";\r\namzn_assoc_search_bar = \"false\";\r\namzn_assoc_title = \"\";\r\namzn_assoc_rows =\"1\";\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"\/\/z-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/onejs?MarketPlace=US\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/news\/crypto-stories-vitalik-buterin-talks-creating-ethereum-in-previously-unreleased-2014-interview\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The latest episode of Cointelegraph&#8217;s Crypto Stories featured never-before-heard audio from an exclusive interview with Vitalik Buterin, recorded at a conference in Hong Kong in 2014. 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