This is a pretty huge deal. The plan is to build a fully decentralized compute platform. They have worked out the basics but the protocol is still in active development.
What happened today is they launched the mining network for the cryptocurrency that will underpin it. In a few days they will start allowing financial transactions. In the coming months cryptocontracts for messaging/compute/storage will come.
The title is somewhat inaccurate, as only the blockchain launched today, Ethereum itself is under active development.
Anyone interested in leaning more check out the talks from their 0th conference that was last year: http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJqWcTqh_zKEjpSej3ddtD...
This episode of Epicenter Bitcoin with Vitalik Buterin, who is kind of the inventor, is also a good overview of the core contract and some immediate challenges: http://youtu.be/qPsCGvXyrP4
What happened today is they launched the mining network for the cryptocurrency that will underpin it. In a few days they will start allowing financial transactions. In the coming months cryptocontracts for messaging/compute/storage will come.
The title is somewhat inaccurate, as only the blockchain launched today, Ethereum itself is under active development. Anyone interested in leaning more check out the talks from their 0th conference that was last year: http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJqWcTqh_zKEjpSej3ddtD...
This episode of Epicenter Bitcoin with Vitalik Buterin, who is kind of the inventor, is also a good overview of the core contract and some immediate challenges: http://youtu.be/qPsCGvXyrP4