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**Starting from a Bitcoin Magazine Writer, Vitalik's Wealth Reaches Rp13 Trillion**
The founder of Ethereum (ETH), Vitalik Buterin's story began as a writer and established a Bitcoin (BTC) magazine in 2012. At that time, he was just 19 years old. Now, he has transformed into a trillionaire with a wealth of around US$700-800 million or about Rp13 trillion.
This Russian-born man learned about Bitcoin from his father, but he was skeptical and thought that the asset would fall. Over time, he began to delve into digital crypto assets through the University of Waterloo majoring in computer science.
This led him to discover ideas related to the weaknesses present in Bitcoin. He believed that the deficiency in the crypto asset was its programming language being too simplistic, and he proposed this idea to the community but was rejected.
By the end of 2013, Vitalik wrote the Ethereum whitepaper and presented it in 2014 in Miami. His idea was accepted by people and quickly received funding support of US$18 million and was released in 2015.
As a result of his idea, his life changed significantly. Ethereum grew to become the second-largest crypto asset competing with Bitcoin.
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