Vitalik Buterin
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Vitalik Buterin, 2016
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| Born |
January 31, 1994 Kolomna, Russia |
| Residence | Zug, Switzerland |
| Citizenship | Russia, Canada |
| Nationality | Russian |
| Fields | Digital contracts, Digital currencies, Game Theory |
| Alma mater |
University of Waterloo (Dropped Out) |
| Known for | Ethereum, Bitcoin Magazine |
| Notable awards | Thiel Fellowship |
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Website about.me/vitalik_buterin |
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Vitalik Buterin (Russian: Виталик Бутерин) is a Russian programmer and writer primarily known as a co-founder of Ethereum and as a co-founder of Bitcoin Magazine.
Buterin was born in Kolomna, Moscow Oblast, Russia and lived in the area until the age of six when his parents emigrated to Canada in search of better employment opportunities. While in grade three of elementary school in Canada, Buterin was placed into a class for gifted children and started to understand that he was drawn to math, programming, and economics. He also had the ability to add three digit numbers in his head at twice the speed of his peers. In 2012, he obtained a Bronze Medal in the International Olympiad in Informatics. He attended the University of Waterloo but dropped out in 2014, when he received the Thiel Fellowship, and went to work on Bitcoin full-time.
Buterin currently resides in Zug, Switzerland.
Buterin met a person on a bitcoin chat forum trying to start a bitcoin blog. The owner offered five bitcoin (about $3.50) to anyone who would write an article for him. Buterin wrote for the site until its website shut down soon thereafter due to Bitcoin's lack of mainstream attention.
In September 2011, another person reached out to Buterin about a new publication called Bitcoin Magazine, a position which Buterin would accept as the first co-founder, and contribute as a leading writer.
In addition Buterin wrote about bitcoin-related topics for other publications, including Bitcoin Weekly.Bitcoin Magazine in 2012 later began publishing a print edition and has been referred to as the first serious publication dedicated to cryptocurrencies.Bitcoin Magazine was then purchased by BTC Media, where Buterin continued to write until mid-2014.
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