Celebrate With Crypto As Ethereum Turns Six Years Old

The Ethereum community celebrates 6 years since the network was launch. The platform host some of the most important crypto trends, from decentralized finances (DeFi), non-fungible tokens (NFTs), and is currently in the process to migrate from a Proof-of-Work (PoW) consensus mechanism to Proof-of-Stake (PoS). Ethereum has gone from process thousands of transactions to around 1.2 billion, according to data provided by Etherscan. The network settles trillions of dollars in value every year, said the co-founder of EthHub Anthony Sassano, who reviewed the platform’s history to celebrate this major achievement. At the time of writing, Ethereum trades at $2,338 with a 636% profit in the 1-year chart. In this period, ETH has climbed from the low hundreds to an all-time high at over $4,000, on the back of its “infinite” potential, as many on its community claim. In terms of market cap, ETH holds the second position in the top 10 with a worth of $273 billion, right behind Bitcoin with $732 billion. The events that will allow Ethereum to migrate to its “Beacon Chain”, its upcoming upgrades in terms of scalability, its transition to deflationary model with EIP-1559 have led some to believe ETH will eventually flip Bitcoin and take the number one spot in every metric. As Sassano recalled, the Ethereum mainnet was launched on July 30th, 2015, after an ICO where investors could acquire 1 ETH for $0.30. In 2016, the network experienced one o...