Essential discover: any data from this submit relating to the ether sale is very outdated and possibly inaccurate. Please solely seek the advice of the most recent weblog posts and official supplies at ethereum.org for data on the sale
Ethereum acquired an unimaginable response on the Miami Bitcoin Convention. We traveled there anticipating many technical questions in addition to a philosophical dialogue in regards to the goal of Ethereum; nevertheless, the overwhelming quantity of curiosity and enthusiasm for the venture was a lot bigger than we had anticipated. Vitalik’s presentation was met with each a standing ovation and a query queue that took hours to handle.
As a result of we intend on offering an equal alternative to all those that need to be concerned, and are reviewing the related logistical and regulatory points for a token sale of this scale, we now have determined to postpone the Feb 1 launch of the sale. We are going to make the announcement of the brand new sale launch date on our official web site: Ethereum.org.
The Ethereum venture can be excited to announce the alpha launch of the open supply testnet shopper to the group firstly of February. This can give folks a possibility to become involved with the venture and experiment with Ethereum scripts and contracts, and acquire a greater understanding of the technical properties of the Ethereum platform. Launching the testnet at this date will give these within the fundraiser an opportunity to higher perceive what the Ethereum venture is about earlier than collaborating.
The testnet will embrace full help for sending and receiving transactions, the preliminary model of the scripting language as described in our whitepaper, and will or might not embrace mining. This may also be the primary main cryptocurrency venture to have two official shoppers launched on the similar time, with one written in C++ and the opposite in Go; a Python shopper can be within the works. A compiler from the Ethereum CLL to Ethereum script will likely be launched very quickly.
A word on safety
The ether sale will NOT be launching on February 1st and any try to gather funds presently must be thought-about a rip-off. There have been some scams within the boards thus please use warning and solely think about data posted on Ethereum.org to be reputable. It is very important reinforce to all that solely data launched and posted at Ethereum.org must be trusted as many are prone to impersonate us.
