July 30, 2025 marks the tenth anniversary of the Ethereum Mainnet launch. Coincidentally, the price of ETH is approaching the $4000 mark, as if paying tribute to this milestone.

In the past decade, Ethereum has written a remarkable chapter in the history of blockchain. It has grown from an idea into a global financial ecosystem worth hundreds of billions of dollars, transforming from a technical experiment to a public infrastructure, completing a significant upgrade from Proof of Work (PoW) to Proof of Stake (PoS), standing out amidst the challenges of numerous "Ethereum killers," and ultimately building a cutting-edge platform that can be called a "world computer."

The core of the story of the past decade revolves around people. Those pioneers who shaped Ethereum with code, vision, and even controversy injected vitality into this platform. When asked about the biggest regret in Ethereum's development journey, founder Vitalik Buterin always mentions "the matter of the 8 co-founders." These eight "pioneers" who have gone their separate ways are not only a knot in his heart but also the beginning of Ethereum's legend.

Back in 2013, when Vitalik Buterin had only an idea, the earliest to respond to his call were 10 developers. Among them, 5 were selected for the leadership, forming the initial founding team of Ethereum: Vitalik Buterin, Anthony Di Iorio, Charles Hoskinson, Mihai Alisie, and Amir Chetrit.

The ten-year journey of Ethereum has witnessed the ups and downs of the entire blockchain industry, and through continuous technological innovations, it has built an unprecedented decentralized computing platform. It is not just a technical project, but a revolution that changes the landscape of finance and the internet. Despite the rocky road, Ethereum still adheres to its original vision, tirelessly striving to build a more open and transparent digital world.