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Gavin Wood - the co-creator of Ethereum pt. 2 In 2013, Gavin Wood was introduced to Vitalik Buterin. What happened next would kickoff a global, technological movement called Web3. Here's how it happened ⤵️
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Gavin is introduced to Vitalik and goes on to build Ethereum - Gavin is introduced to Vitalik through a connection in the Bitcoin development community in 2013. Corresponding with a Bitcoin dev via email set off a chain of events that led to building a network, ultimately connecting him with Vitalik Buterin and leading to Ethereum’s development. - He teamed up with the other Ethereum Founders (Mihai Alisie, Anthony Di Iorio, Amir Chetrit, Charles Hoskinson, Joseph Lubin, Jeffrey Wilcke) and became the first CTO of the Ethereum Foundation. - Coined the term "Web3" in 2014. - Created Solidity, specifically made for implementing smart contracts on blockchains and now a dominant programming language in the industry.
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- Authored the Ethereum Yellow Paper. - Wrote a majority of the code for the first version of Ethereum and played a central role in the launch of Ethereum in 2015. - Formed ETHCore (would later become Parity Technologies) as a separate entity from ETHDev, the operational and development arm behind the Ethereum project.
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Here was a post from Gavin on the day Ethereum launched.
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Stay tuned for part 3 đź‘€
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