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AN OPEN MOVEMENT DEDICATED TO THE GROWTH OF THE ETHEREUM ECOSYSTEM
WHY WE’RE BUILDING
ON ETHEREUM
The Internet of money will change everything
You have the opportunity to be on the ground floor of something amazing. There’s a reason we are all here and all so passionate.
The largest blockchain community on the planet
Build on Ethereum and enjoy the benefits of best-in-class technology: more opportunities, collaborators, tools, material, funding, impact, and answers to all of your questions.
Ethereum was built by developers, for developers
While other protocols remain rigid and stagnant in their approach, Ethereum adopts all best-in-class ideas and advancements to continually build the best possible system.
OPEN SOURCE
Anyone can innovate, contribute, and create the next big thing.
TRANSPARENT
A transparent technology and community where code and decisions are open for everyone
DECENTRALIZED
Controlled by all network participants – not by any single entity, organization, or institution
TRUST-MINIMIZING
Trust that is established through code and mathematics, rather than through a reliance on humans
OPEN FINANCE
A parallel, borderless financial system without boundaries, censorship, or restriction
OPEN FINANCE
A parallel, borderless financial system without boundaries, censorship, or restriction
DIGITAL IDENTITY
Truly own and maintain sovereignty over your digital identity
DATA OWNERSHIP
Maintain ownership over the data you generate, and selectively disclose or sell it as you see fit.
AGREEMENTS
Establish agreements that rely on computer code, rather than a human arbiter, to settle.
WEB 2.0 VS WEB 3.0
What’s the difference?
What is a Web 2.0 Developer?
Web 2.0 developers are the builders of the modern participatory social web and have a wide array of tools at their disposal. These tools enable them to build much more advanced products and technologies than the developers of the Web 1.0 era, which consisted of static, read-only data; however, there are limitations to what they can do in their non-blockchain-enabled world.
What is a Web 3.0 Developer?
Web 3.0 developers are those ushering in the next evolution of the internet. Web 3.0 developers are merely Web 2.0 developers with an expanded, blockchain-enabled toolkit that comes with an arsenal of powerful new tools. These tools allow Web 3.0 developers to bake new features into their applications, such as provable digital scarcity, cryptographically-secure tamper-resistance, composability-by-default, and so much more.
CHOOSE
YOUR PATH
Choose your own adventure based on your experience and level of expertise

LEARN / EXPERIENCE
WEB 2 DEVELOPER
If you haven’t tinkered with Ethereum, you probably fall into this category. By following this path, you’ll first be exposed to the basic concepts of blockchain and Ethereum, and then progress into experiencing Ethereum first-hand.

EXPERIENCE / BUILD
WEB 3 BEGINNER
If you’ve heard of Ethereum, have a basic understanding of cryptocurrency and blockchain technology, and have maybe dabbled in a little bit of Solidity code, chances are that you’ll want to start here.

CONTRIBUTE
WEB 3 EXPERT
If you know the ins and outs of Ethereum and the Web 3.0 space and want to share your knowledge with the community and the world, choose the Expert path.
“The killerness of the ecosystem is not the nodes, it’s the links. Every single application that gets built is not just an application in its own right, it’s also a component that every future thing in the Ethereum ecosystem can benefit from.”
Vitalik Buterin
Founder, Ethereum
“The first Ethereum a-ha! moment is when you send ether to someone anywhere in the world at any time of day for less than a penny and they receive it instantly. You realize that you can be your own bank and you and your peers can build and run your own alternative global financial system that enables greater economic and political agency for any participant on the planet. In that instant you reclaim the optimism of youth.”
Joseph Lubin
CEO & Founder, ConsenSys
Co-Founder, Ethereum

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