One of the co-founders of Ethereum, Vitaly Dmitriyevich "Vitalik" Buterin, is a Russian-born Canadian programmer and writer. In 2011, Buterin was one of the first people to get involved with cryptocurrency when he founded Bitcoin Magazine. Buterin launched Ethereum in 2014 with the help of Gavin Wood, Charles Hoskinson, Anthony Di Iorio, and Joseph Lubin.