Early Days of Ethereum

Preserving the history and stories of the people who built Ethereum.

Videos

Video episodes documenting the early days of Ethereum, featuring interviews with key participants and historical insights.

38 videos

cointalk 013 - bitcoin decentral launch party!

January 03, 2014 by Coin Talk

Bitcoin Decentral is Toronto Canada's first co-working space for Bitcoin and other disruptive technology innovations. We launched to hundreds of eager bitcoin fans who showed up to drink, celebrate crypto currency and check out our two new made in Canada Bitcoin ATM's.

vitalik buterin reveals ethereum at bitcoin miami 2014

January 26, 2014 by Ethereum Project

Vitalik Buterin's historic announcement of Ethereum at the North American Bitcoin Conference in Miami, January 26, 2014

gavin wood - ethereum - live - coinscrum - alternative stage - london

February 03, 2014 by Satoshi Pollen (IamSatoshi Documentary)

Gavin Wood presents Ethereum at Coinscrum Alternative Stage in London, February 2014. Recorded by IamSatoshi, Audio by Aaron Couples.

cointalk 015 – btcmiami debate featuring ethereum, mastercoin and bitshares

February 06, 2014 by Coin Talk

In a hybrid episode, CoinTalk and Let's talk bitcoin headed to Sunny South beach Miami to cover the first ever BTC Miami conference. Here we have a debate of giants with Ethereum's Charles Hoskinson, MasterCoin's David Johnston and Invictus Innovations Dan Larimer.

introducing ethereum

February 06, 2014 by Ethereum Project

Ethereum is a modular, Turing-complete contract scripting system married to a blockchain and developed with a philosophy of simplicity, universality and non-discrimination.

the upcoming crypto-singularity - coinscrum

March 10, 2014 by Stephan Tual

Stephan Tual discusses the upcoming crypto-singularity at Coinscrum, March 10, 2014

ethereum – your turn

March 13, 2014 by Ethereum Project

An excellent tribute video to those involved in the technology that empowers us, Bitcoin, and a bright new future for Ethereum.

crypto hackathon – bitcoin expo 2014!

April 10, 2014 by Ethereum

Crypto Hackathon at Bitcoin Expo 2014 in Toronto, April 10, 2014

in crypto we trust hackathon pitches - bitcoin expo 2014

April 10, 2014 by BitcoinExpo

In Crypto We Trust Hackathon at Bitcoin Expo 2014 in Toronto, April 10, 2014

ethereum booth at the bitcoin expo 2014

April 11, 2014 by Ethereum

Ethereum booth at Bitcoin Expo 2014 in Toronto, April 11, 2014

why i joined ethereum

April 12, 2014 by Charles Hoskinson

Charles Hoskinson explains why he joined Ethereum, April 12, 2014

ethereum video background loop for meetup groups and presentations

April 18, 2014 by [REDACTED]

Ethereum video background loop for meetup groups and presentations

what is ethereum?

June 04, 2014 by Stephan Tual

Stephan Tual (CCO) explains What is Ethereum, June 4, 2014

interview with ethereum

July 24, 2014 by Cointelegraph

Compilation interview of Vitalik Buterin at Central European Bitcoin Expo (CEBE 2014) in Vienna, Austria, on May 31–June 1, 2014, and of Gavin Wood at Bitcoin2014 in Amsterdam, Netherlands, on May 15–17, 2014.

ethereum presents mist

November 12, 2014 by Alex van de Sande

An introduction to Mist, the Ethereum browser that allows users to interact with decentralized applications, wallets, and smart contracts. This video walks through the Mist interface including the sidebar, app catalog, crowdfunder functionality, and integration with traditional web applications.

ethereum devcon-0 - gavin: welcome! our mission: dapps

November 24, 2014 by Gavin Wood

Gavin Wood welcomes attendees to DEVCON0, the first Ethereum developer symposium held in Berlin, Germany, from November 24-28, 2014. He discusses the mission of building decentralized applications (ÐApps) on Ethereum. Transcript [00:14] SPEAKER_00: Welcome to Berlin everybody. It's great to...

ethereum devcon-0: how to sell ideas

November 24, 2014 by Vinay Gupta

Discussion on communication strategies, messaging, and marketing approaches for promoting Ethereum and decentralized technology concepts to broader audiences. Transcript [00:14] SPEAKER_00: Right. So how to sell ideas is fundamentally about why to sell ideas. Right. It's very easy to talk...

ethereum devcon-0 - how will scrum work for us?

November 24, 2014 by Sven Ehlert

Dr Sven Ehlert presents on Scrum - the incremental agile software development framework - and explains how it will be used in Ethereum's development. Transcript [00:13] SPEAKER_00: Hi everybody, I'm Sven. As I said, I joined the team three weeks...

ethereum devcon-0: solidity, vision and roadmap

November 25, 2014 by Christian Reitwießner

Presentation on Solidity, Ethereum's smart contract programming language, covering its design philosophy, vision for developer experience, and technical roadmap. Transcript [00:13] SPEAKER_01: Hello again everybody. Welcome to day two of DevCon Zero. I'm going to start by talking a little...

ethereum devcon-0: c++ ethereum and emacs

November 25, 2014 by Lefteris Karapetsas

Presentation on the C++ implementation of Ethereum and integration with the Emacs text editor for smart contract development workflows. Transcript [00:00] SPEAKER_00: Yesterday too. I am Lefteris and I will be working in Solidity and generally C development for Ethereum....

ethereum devcon-0: golem

November 25, 2014 by Piotrek Janiuk

Presentation on Golem, a project exploring distributed computing and resource sharing on the Ethereum network. Transcript [00:13] SPEAKER_00: Hi, my name is Peter, I work at IMAPP in Warsaw and we met with Gav in approximately in February I suppose,...

ethereum devcon-0 - whisper: the multi dht messaging system with routing privacy. vision & roadmap.

November 27, 2014 by Gavin Wood

Discussion of Whisper, Ethereum's decentralized messaging protocol with routing privacy, covering its vision and technical roadmap for integration into the Ethereum ecosystem. Transcript [00:14] SPEAKER_00: So Whisper, there's been a fair amount of misconception as to what Whisper is, what...

ethereum devcon-0: keeping the public record safe and accessible

November 27, 2014 by Daniel Nagy

Discussion on strategies and approaches for maintaining the security and accessibility of Ethereum's public blockchain record for long-term sustainability. Transcript [00:00] SPEAKER_00: So we're interested in low latency instead of high throughput. And we're interested about small pieces of information,...

ethereum devcon-0: multi protocol peer network framework: vision and roadmap

November 27, 2014 by Alex Leverington

Technical presentation on Ethereum's multi-protocol peer-to-peer networking framework, outlining its architecture, vision for extensibility, and development roadmap. Transcript [00:15] SPEAKER_00: So, subtitle here is Vision and Roadmap. However the slides will be more somewhat technical and maybe philosophical, but the...

ethereum devcon-0: ethereum 1.x: on blockchain interop and scaling

November 28, 2014 by Vitalik Buterin

Technical presentation covering Ethereum 1.x protocol features, focusing on blockchain interoperability and scaling solutions for the growing network. Transcript [00:14] SPEAKER_00: So welcome to day number four of DevCon. We use zero indexing here. We're a civilized company. Yeah, no,...

ethereum devcon-0: the path to the ethereum light client

November 28, 2014 by Gavin Wood

Technical discussion on the development path for Ethereum light clients, enabling resource-constrained devices to interact with the Ethereum network without running a full node. Transcript [00:00] SPEAKER_00: Is the Ethereum light client protocol. So just to give an introduction to...

ethereum devcon-0: looking at the ethereum ide - mix

November 28, 2014 by Gavin Wood

Demo and walkthrough of Mix, Ethereum's integrated development environment for creating and testing smart contracts and decentralized applications. Transcript [00:13] SPEAKER_00: So this talk is about the IDE, the integrated development environment, or the tool that you use to develop...

ethereum devcon-0: ethereum 2.0 and beyond

November 28, 2014

A presentation on Ethereum 2.0 and the future vision for the Ethereum platform, delivered at DEVCON0 in Berlin. Transcript [00:00] SPEAKER_00: This is the last presentation for the day, for the week. In Python that's index negative one. Unfortunately C...

coinscrum and proof of work: tools for the future

December 10, 2014 by Satoshi Pollen (IamSatoshi Documentary)

Gavin Wood discusses CoinScrum and Proof of Work: Tools for the Future, recorded by IamSatoshi in London 2014

consensys dapp-a-thon recap

August 08, 2015

A recap video of the ConsenSys dApp-a-thon, one of the first Ethereum hackathons held around the time of Ethereum's mainnet launch in 2015.

consensys dapp-a-thon 2 recap

September 09, 2015

Recap of the 48-hour ConsenSys dApp-a-thon hackathon held August 14-16, 2015, where 12 teams built decentralized applications on Ethereum using BlockApps, EtherCamp IDE, and Lightwallet.

devcon1: blockapps strato - victor wong, kieren james-lubin, jim hormuzdiar

November 10, 2015 by Ethereum

Victor Wong, Kieren James-Lubin, and Jim Hormuzdiar present BlockApps STRATO at DEVCON1 in London

devcon1: microsoft announcing ethereum blockchain as a service (eth baas) on azure cloud

November 10, 2015 by Ethereum

Microsoft announces Ethereum Blockchain as a Service on Azure Cloud at DEVCON1 in London

gavin wood presentation hack of the dao smart contract and options ethereum community

June 20, 2016 by Dutch Blockchain Conference

Gavin Wood presents on the DAO smart contract hack and options for the Ethereum community, Dutch Blockchain Conference, June 20, 2016

gavin wood on how $60m hack of dao happened and what to do next

June 21, 2016 by Dutch Blockchain Conference

Gavin Wood explains how the $60M DAO hack happened and what to do next, Dutch Blockchain Conference, June 21, 2016