Who are you? Vitalik Buterin | Vitalik buterin

“Vitaly Dmitrievich Buterin is a Russian-Canadian programmer, founder of Bitcoin Magazine and the Ethereum project, forwhose idea was won by the World Technology Award, bypassing Mark Zuckerberg ... Wow "

How did the 25-year-old man manage to win the hearts of the masters of the IT industry around the world? Let's figure it out!

Born in Russia, in the city of Kolomna, and at the age of six, he moved with his parents to Canada. And here Vitalik can be understood: it is impossible to concentrate on programming to the sound of bells.

Father - Dmitry, computer science specialist, - withat the age of ten, he encouraged his son’s zeal for computer games. But the little genius didn’t have time to play them: the father constantly suggested that his son develop them: “Any fool can play counter-strike, but try it yourself.” - he said.

In general, in childhood, Vitalik Buterin showedamazing skills in math as well as programming. He possessed an amazing ability to calculate three-digit numbers, twice as fast as any other child could do - yes, you can’t count this on the market!

He was autistic, and therefore was weak insocial interactions. One of the fanciful stories from childhood tells about how he once ate a full lemon with a peel. We do not know for sure whether this is due to the peculiarities of his character or whether someone in the class took him “weakly”.

Buterin was introduced to bitcoin by his own father at the age of 17 years. Perhaps dad called him and said:

“Son, you are already an adult and must know ...”

“- Dad, I’m all right with that!”

“Yes, I'm not talking about that! BITCOINS, son! Bit - to - and - us "

In general, this is not surprising, because Dmitry Buterin, the father of a genius, has been in the IT business since the 1990s. As they say, and who then did not do business ...