Ethereum

Ethereum has become the core infrastructure for the Decentralised Finance (DeFi) movement. DeFi replicates many conventional financial services on the blockchain, such as lending, exchanges and derivatives. Every transaction on Ethereum, from simple transfers of digital tokens to complex smart contract operations, is paid for using ETH, the platform’s native currency. Starting from December 2020, Ethereum’s developers and community began upgrading the platform to Ethereum 2.0, a long-term process that will increase the efficiency and security of the network while enabling it to scale to support many more transactions.