English [ edit ] Etymology [ edit ] Coined by Russian-Canadian programmer Vitalik Buterin after browsing a list of fictional elements on Wikipedia; based on ether
Pronunciation [ edit ] IPA (key ) : /ɪˈθɪəɹiəm/ Audio (Southern England) (file )
Ethereum (uncountable
An open source , blockchain -based cryptocurrency network , that features smart contracts .
2019 Learn Ethereum [ … ] , Packt Publishing Ltd, →ISBN page 74 :All Ethereum clients provide a set of JSON-RPC methods for external DApps to interact with the Ethereum blockchain network.
( proscribed ) Ether , the cryptocurrency used in that network.
Synonym: ETH 2021 March 11, Scott Reyburn, “JPG File Sells for $69 Million, as ‘NFT Mania’ Gathers Pace”, in The New York Times [1] →ISSN “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.
Translations [ edit ] blockchain-based cryptocurrency
Chinese:
Mandarin: 以太坊 ( yǐtàifáng )
Japanese: イーサリアム ( īsariamu )
Korean: please add this translation if you can
See also [ edit ] Further reading [ edit ] 