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Ethereum Foundation

Non-profit stewarding the Ethereum ecosystem. Smart-contract platform launched July 2015 (Frontier). Funds research, client teams, and grants.

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Milestones · 4/4100%
2024
Dencun upgrade — proto-danksharding (EIP-4844)
2022
The Merge — moved fully to PoS

~99.9% energy reduction.

2020
Beacon Chain genesis (proof-of-stake start)
2015
Mainnet launch (Frontier)
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