Ethereum is the project that first introduced smart contracts to a more wide-spread crypto community. It is one of the most successful projects utilizing smart contract technology and is likely to continue being the most well-known project.

Dreamed up by Vitalik Buterin and Gavin Wood, this open-source blockchain-based platform has one of the largest networks of developers available, and due to this, it can keep up with the continually changing environment that is blockchain tech. The Ethereum network allows other projects to piggyback off of it, which enables the network to continue expanding over time. Impressively, it is also Turing complete due to the Ethereum Virtual Machine’s instruction set.

Because of the rich design concept and constantly growing developer base, this cryptocurrency (birthed in 2015) boasts one of the most massive and passionate communities in the crypto world. Programmers, traders, and decentralization proponents have all found themselves using and programming the Ethereum network. With so many crypto enthusiasts backing it, the project was certain to become one of the most groundbreaking in crypto history. At this rate, it’s sure to keep taking the world by storm, but we can only wait and see what the Ethereum network will do to advance smart contract technology.