The Path of Ethereum Founder V神

A blockchain with a market capitalization of hundreds of billions of dollars started when a 15-year-old boy cried himself to sleep after a World of Warcraft update
In 2010, Blizzard nerfed @VitalikButerin's favorite Warlock skill in World of Warcraft
He later said
That night I went to sleep crying, and it was on that day that I realized the terrible consequences centralized services could bring
So he quit the game
A year later, his father introduced him to Bitcoin
At the time, he had neither the computing power to mine nor the money to buy Bitcoin
So he started writing articles for a crypto blog, earning 5 BTC per article, which was worth about $3.5 at the time
If calculated today, those 5 BTC per article would be worth approximately $335,000
At 17, he co-founded Bitcoin Magazine
Later, he applied to work at Ripple
Ripple accepted him, but the company couldn't sponsor his visa
At 19, he proposed a series of major improvements to the Bitcoin community
The community rejected them
So he wrote his own white paper
Called Ethereum
Within weeks, 30 developers contacted him
He then dropped out of college
Received a $100,000 Thiel Fellowship scholarship
Sold ETH during the ICO at $0.31 each, raising a total of $18 million
One person bought 1 million ETH for $310,000, which was worth about $4.3 billion at its peak
Another invested $263 for 850 ETH, now worth over $1.7 million
When Ethereum launched, Vitalik was only 21 years old
Its highest market cap exceeded $500 billion
All starting from Blizzard nerfing a Warlock skill