Ethereum

Ethereum

ETH #2
AA 90% L1 Protocol Watch

Project Safety Score: 90%

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EthereumETH
Market Cap$244585806024
24hr Volume$14579668509
24hr Change-4.4%
Price$2026.71
Coverage: 5 buckets · 100% resolved
Concerns raised - see Red Flags below
Scoring rubric: L1 / Protocol Coin - scored on network security, adoption, dev health, economic design, governance
Track
Record
100 AAA
100% · medium
Developer
Health
92 AA
100% · medium
Network
Security
94 AAA
100% · medium
Social
Behavioral
69 BBB
75% · low
Adoption
& Liquidity
94 AAA
100% · high

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ETH Ethereum Details
Type
Layer 1 (L1) smart contract platform
Launched
2015-07-30
Team
Unknown
Smart Contract PlatformLayer 1 (L1)Ethereum EcosystemFTX HoldingsMulticoin Capital PortfolioProof of Stake (PoS)Alameda Research PortfolioAndreessen Horowitz (a16z) Portfolio

Ethereum is an open-source, decentralized blockchain platform proposed in 2013 by Vitalik Buterin and launched in July 2015, built with seven co-founders including Gavin Wood, who created Solidity and the EVM technical specification, and Joseph Lubin, who founded ConsenSys. It is designed for decentralized applications and smart contracts that run on the Ethereum Virtual Machine, which executes self-executing programs written in Solidity when predefined conditions are met.

Ethereum uses Proof of Stake, implemented in 2022, where thousands of independent validator nodes process transactions and execute smart contracts. Validators stake ETH as collateral to propose and validate blocks, earning rewards for honest behavior and facing penalties for malicious activity. ETH is used to pay transaction fees (gas), to stake for network security and rewards, and as collateral and settlement asset in applications such as DeFi, and for purchasing NFTs and digital assets. An EIP-1559 mechanism introduced a dynamic base fee that is burned, creating deflationary pressure when burning exceeds issued rewards.

Risk Report

Cryptocurrency carries risk. Every project listed on this site, regardless of its score, operates in a volatile and largely unregulated market. Tokens can lose most or all of their value. A high score reflects lower structural risk based on the data we can measure. It does not mean a project is safe, that the price will hold, or that losses are unlikely. Always research independently and never commit money you cannot afford to lose.

Track record score 100 out of 100 (AAA). Public records show Ethereum has been live for 10.8 years, with 0 regulatory action(s) and 0 historical incident(s) on record. This combination suggests a long-running presence without documented enforcement events or notable security breakdowns in the tracked historical record.

Developer health score 86 out of 100 (AA). On public code repositories, Ethereum has strong community engagement, with 44,422 GitHub stars and 19,618 forks. Recent activity is solid but not maximal, at 41 commits in the last 4 weeks, while contributor breadth remains strong with 906 PR contributors.

Network security score 94 out of 100 (AAA). On-chain and public incident data indicate robust security outcomes, including 0 historical incidents on record and a chain age of 10.8 years. Economic security is supported by a large market cap of $244,585,806,024. The score also reflects a supply dynamic where no hard supply cap is defined, meaning potential inflation is possible, although 100% of total supply is circulating.

Liquidity and adoption score 94 out of 100 (AAA). Exchange listing data and market activity point to deep access and trading interest, with 24h volume of $14,579,668,509 and 59 CEX listings (32 green-trust). The large market cap tier of $244,585,806,024 further supports liquidity resilience and the ability for market participants to enter and exit positions.

Social and behavioral score 69 out of 100 (BBB). Audience metrics are present but limited in resolution, with TW (linked), TG (linked), and RD (linked). Sentiment is positive overall at 78% up versus 22% down, and behavioral risk signals are clean, showing 0 allegations, 0 bad press, 0 regulatory items, and 0 incidents. Some social analytics snapshot data is unavailable, which limits signal detail rather than indicating a lack of presence.

Inherent crypto risk for Ethereum remains tied to protocol and market realities rather than being eliminated: the network has strong historical and security metrics, but without a hard supply cap, inflation risk exists at the tokenomics level. As with any major asset, liquidity, adoption, and sentiment can also shift, and regulatory or technical developments outside the recorded historical window could impact performance.

  • Vitalik Buterin - co-founder
    Ethereum history and founders are discussed on the Ethereum.org "Ethereum history, founder and ownership" page, which lists Vitalik Buterin as part of the early founding group.
  • Joseph Lubin - co-founder
    Ethereum history and founders are discussed on the Ethereum.org "Ethereum history, founder and ownership" page, which includes Joseph Lubin among the co-founders.
  • Gavin Wood - co-founder
    Ethereum history and founders are discussed on the Ethereum.org "Ethereum history, founder and ownership" page, which includes Gavin Wood among the co-founders.
  • Charles Hoskinson - co-founder
    Ethereum history and founders are discussed on the Ethereum.org "Ethereum history, founder and ownership" page, which includes Charles Hoskinson among the co-founders.
View whitepaper ↗ (2014)
Quality: high
Official educational whitepaper page points to a canonical 2014 document; technical detail is substantial. Tokenomics and allocation details for ETH issuance are not part of the page content itself.
  • Ethereum is a widely used, established open-source L1 with extensive developer and node/operator participation.
  • Ethereum has a documented official whitepaper page on ethereum.org that links to the canonical 2014 document.
  • No hard cap on total token supply

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Market Stats

All-Time High$4946.05
All-Time Low$0.4330
Circulating120685562
Total Supply120685562
AlgorithmEthash
Launch2015-07-30

Community Sentiment

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Developer Activity

GitHub stars⭐ 44422
Forks19618
Watchers2195
Commits (4 weeks)41
PRs merged5779
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