WHAT IS ETHEREUM?

The foundation for our digital future

Ethereum is open to everyone.
All you need is a wallet to take part.
Illustration of a person peering into a bazaar, meant to represent Ethereum
Ethereum is open access to digital money and data-friendly services for everyone – no matter your background or location.

Ethereum is open to everyone.
All you need is a wallet to take part.
Illustration of a person peering into a bazaar, meant to represent Ethereum
Ethereum is open access to digital money and data-friendly services for everyone – no matter your background or location. It's a community-built technology behind the cryptocurrency ether (ETH) and thousands of applications you can use today.
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Ethereum 101
Ethereum is a technology that lets you send cryptocurrency to anyone for a small fee. It also powers applications that everyone can use and no one can take down.

It's the world's programmable blockchain.

Ethereum builds on Bitcoin's innovation, with some big differences.

Both let you use digital money without payment providers or banks. But Ethereum is programmable, so you can also use it for lots of different digital assets – even Bitcoin!

This also means Ethereum is for more than payments. It's a marketplace of financial services, games and apps that can't steal your data or censor you.oday.