Necessary discover: any info from this publish concerning the ether sale is very outdated and possibly inaccurate. Please solely seek the advice of the newest weblog posts and official supplies at ethereum.org for info on the sale
Ethereum acquired an unbelievable response on the Miami Bitcoin Convention. We traveled there anticipating many technical questions in addition to a philosophical dialogue in regards to the objective 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 deal with.
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’ve 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 consumer to the group initially of February. It will give folks a possibility to get entangled with the venture and experiment with Ethereum scripts and contracts, and achieve 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 embody full help for sending and receiving transactions, the preliminary model of the scripting language as described in our whitepaper, and should or might not embody mining. This can even be the primary main cryptocurrency venture to have two official purchasers launched on the identical time, with one written in C++ and the opposite in Go; a Python consumer can be within the works. A compiler from the Ethereum CLL to Ethereum script can be launched very quickly.
A observe on safety
The ether sale will NOT be launching on February 1st and any try to gather funds right now must be thought of a rip-off. There have been some scams within the boards thus please use warning and solely think about info posted on Ethereum.org to be respectable. You will need to reinforce to all that solely info launched and posted at Ethereum.org must be trusted as many are prone to impersonate us.
