On July 30, 2015, Ethereum was born as the first general purpose blockchain platform with a culture of hyper-positive rainbows and unicorns as symbols of inclusiveness, zaniness and nonconformity. It paved the way for a whole new use case for blockchain technology beyond bitcoin's use as cryptocurrency or electronic cash. But the road to development has been filled with stops and starts through major challenges. For the fifth anniversary of Ethereum’s mainnet launch, we retell the story of its formative journey to reach Ethereum 2.0. More content and coverage: https://www.coindesk.com/ethereum-at-five ?Credit: Prod. Riddiman https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3u43yUcB8uY #cryptocurrency #digitalfinance #finance Subscribe to CoinDesk on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_c... Site: https://www.coindesk.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CoinDesk Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/coindesk Instagram: https://www.Instagram.com/coindesk Newsletter: https://www.coindesk.com/newsletter/ CoinDesk Podcast Network: spotify:show:2jyIhkvAQhed8AWDZiPpSP Markets Daily Crypto Roundup: spotify:show:7sDXM8BlxsUqzL2IqmLqwE CoinDesk is the leading digital media, events and information services company for the crypto asset and blockchain technology community.