📺 Unwrapped Ep. 10: Celebrating 10 Years of Ethereum (Highlights Version) We're celebrating 10 years of Ethereum with a special deep dive into its incredible journey of scaling, innovation, and resilience. From a bold idea to a cornerstone of the crypto world, here's a summary of what's covered in the latest Unwrapped episode. 💡 The Spark 💡 It started in late 2013 with a 19-year-old @VitalikButerin. His core idea was to use the blockchain to run programs he called smart contracts. The network launched on July 30, 2015. 🔧 First Big Test: The DAO Hack In 2016, a major project called The DAO was hacked for 3.6 million ETH. This created an issue: do they reverse the theft or uphold the code-is-law principle? The community make a controversial decision to hard fork tand restore the funds, but a minority disagreed, creating Ethereum Classic. 🐈 The Wild Years: ICOs & Kitties 🐈 2017: The ICO boom hit. Startups used Ethereum to raise millions. Late 2017: The popularity of CryptoKitties congested the entire network, confirming that Ethereum desperately needed to scale. 💰 Finding Its Groove: DeFi & NFTs 🎨 2020: DeFi Summer exploded, using smart contracts to build new financial services for lending and trading in a decentralized manner, without banks, without the middle men. 2021: NFTs went mainstream. Creators used Ethereum for digital ownership, making the news with sales like Beeple's $69 million artwork. ♻️ The Merge: A Green Leap Forward ♻️ On Sep 15, 2022, Ethereum pulled off its biggest upgrade ever: The Merge. It switched from energy-intensive mining to Proof-of-Stake, cutting energy use by 99.95% overnight. The transition was flawless, like swapping out an engine mid-flight. ⏩ The L2 Era: Scaling Up ⏩ To handle more users, the focus shifted to Layer 2 networks (L2s) like @Base and @Arbitrum to make transactions cheaper and faster. The 2024 Dencun upgrade made L2s even cheaper by introducing "blobs" for data storage. 💙 @Ethereum's long journey of resilience and innovation is what allows ecosystems like BMX to thrive. Listen to the full episode for the complete discussion on Ethereum's origins, successes, controversies, and more.