So, I firstgotintothecryptospacebackwhenitwasjustcalledthebitcoinspacearound 2011.
I heardaboutbitcoinin a coupleofplaces.
I thoughtitwassomethingreallyinteresting.
I startedgettingintothecommunitymoreandmore.
I co-foundedBitcoinMagazinewhichwasthis, kindof, onlinesiteandeventually a printmagazinethattalkedaboutbitcoin-relatedtechnical, social, economic, whatevertopics.
And I did a lotofbitcoin-relatedthingsforabouttwoyears.
Andsoonafterthat I startedtorealizethattherewere a lotmoreinterestingthingsthatyoucoulddowithblockchainsthanjust a singlepeer-to-peercurrency.
Andthiswassomething a lotofotherpeoplewerestartingtorecognizeatthesametime.
I cameupwiththeideabehindEthereum.
Thisideaof a blockchainwith a built-inprogramminglanguageas, kindof, what I thoughtwasthesimplestandkindof, mostlogicalwaytoactuallybuild a platformthatcanbeusedformanymorekindsofapplications.
Solike, thinkofthedifferencebetweensomethinglike a pocketcalculatorand a smartphone, where a pocketcalculatordoesonethinganditdoesonethingwell, butreallypeoplewanttodoalltheseotherthings.
Andifyouhave a smartphone, thenonthesmartphone, youhave a pocketcalculatorasanapp.
Youhaveplayingmusicasanapp.
Youhave a webbrowserasanappandprettymucheverythingelse.