Ethereum

noun
/ɪˈθɪəɹiəm/

Etymology

Coined by Russian-Canadian computer scientist Vitalik Buterin after browsing a list of fictional elements on Wikipedia; based on ether.

Definitions

  1. An open source, blockchain-based cryptocurrency network, that features smart contracts.

    • All Ethereum clients provide a set of JSON-RPC methods for external DApps to interact with the Ethereum blockchain network.
  2. Ether, the cryptocurrency used in that network.

    • “Everydays” was the first purely digital NFT sold by Christie’s, and it offered to accept payment in Ethereum, another first for the 255-year-old auction house.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for Ethereum. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA