Ethereum (ETH) Ethereum (ETH)
Ethereum es la segunda criptomoneda más grande, creada en 2015. No es solo una moneda — es una plataforma para aplicaciones descentralizadas (dApps) y contratos inteligentes.
Datos clave
- • Creado por Vitalik Buterin y otros en 2015
- • Soporta contratos inteligentes y aplicaciones descentralizadas (dApps)
- • Transicionó de prueba de trabajo (PoW) a prueba de participación (PoS) en 2022
- • Casos de uso principal: contratos inteligentes, plataforma dApps
- • Rol en el mercado: el "combustible" de la red descentralizada
- • entity.ethereum.fact-6
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