Video | The 8th anniversary of the birth of the Ethereum creation block, look back at the milestones and trends

On July 30, 2015, the Ethereum mainnet was officially launched, and a founding block was generated. The first block contained 8893 transactions and provided a block reward of 5ETH. At present, the Ethereum mainnet has been in operation for 8 years.

Ethereum development timeline:

July 30, 2015: The Ethereum mainnet was launched and officially started operation

July 20, 2016: Ethereum hard fork, ETC runs independently

May 4, 2017: Ethereum price tops $100 for the first time

October 30, 2018: The Ethereum Foundation announces the launch of the Ethereum 2.0 initiative

December 7, 2019: Ethereum's Istanbul upgrade successfully implemented

December 1, 2020: The Beacon Chain of Ethereum 2.0 goes live

April 15, 2021: Ethereum Berlin Upgrade

September 15, 2022: The merger of Ethereum is completed and converted to POS proof of equity

April 12, 2023: Ethereum Shanghai upgrade

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