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
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.
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
- neighborbitcoin
- neighborcryptocurrency
- neighborsmart contract
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