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Ethereum in 30 minutes

Duration: 00:30:36

Speaker: Vitalik Buterin

Type: Talk

Expertise: Beginner

Event: Devcon

Date: Oct 2022

An introduction on some of the fundamentals, how Ethereum works and what it tries to accomplish.

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