Launched in 2015 at ~$0.30, Ethereum introduced a new model:
– programmable money
– smart contracts
– open dApp platforms
While others collapsed post-ICO, ETH evolved.
📊 Milestones:
• 2016 - DAO hack → chain split → Ethereum Classic
• 2017 - ICO mania → ATH $1.4K
• 2020 - DeFi summer → TVL surges, gas crisis
• 2022 - Merge → PoW to PoS
• 2024–2025 - L2s, restaking, EigenLayer dominance
Today ETH isn’t just a blockchain it’s the foundation of L2 rollups, staking economies, RWA scaling, and modular design.
It’s not perfect. Gas remains an issue. UX still sucks. But structurally, Ethereum is a proven settlement layer.
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ETH went from “altcoin” to base layer.
Its real power isn’t the price - it’s the stack that grew around it.
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