Crypto Stories: Vitalik Buterin talks creating Ethereum in previously unreleased 2014 interview

The latest occurrence of Cointelegraph's Crypto Stories featured never-before-heard audio from an exclusive interrogation with Vitalik Buterin, recorded astatine a league successful Hong Kong successful 2014. In this animated short, viewers tin larn astir the root communicative of Ethereum (ETH), the world'd second-largest cryptocurrency by marketplace capitalization, consecutive from the laminitis himself.

Back successful 2011, portion Buterin was a pupil astatine the University of Waterloo, helium archetypal heard astir Bitcoin from his tech entrepreneur father. However, helium didn't instrumentality the decentralized currency earnestly until began participating successful Bitcoin forums created by Satoshi Nakamoto. 

In Buterin's ain hunt to larn astir Bitcoin, helium became a writer for the present defunct Bitcoin Weekly website wherever helium got paid 5 BTC per article, oregon $4 astatine the time, said Buterin.

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Next helium took his newfound journalism skills to articulation Mihai Alisie successful co-founding Bitcoin Magazine. Their archetypal contented was published successful May 2012, according to the publication's website, and the mag is present owned by BTC Media. 

Buterin decided to retreat from his assemblage studies successful 2013 astatine 19 years aged to prosecute moving connected blockchain-related projects full-time portion traveling astir the world. Throughout this time, helium realized that cryptocurrency could beryllium utilized for "more than conscionable money" and should let for much "freedom."

Buterin's imagination was to make a blockchain with a built-in programming connection and frankincense Ethereum was born, with the assistance of Mihai Alisie and others. The task was officially announced successful January 2014.

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To work much astir Ethereum, cheque retired Cointelegraph's Ethereum 101 guides and an in-depth illustration connected Buterin.