Early Days of Ethereum

Preserving the history and stories of the people who built Ethereum.

Conversations

Video conversations documenting the early days of Ethereum, featuring key participants and historical insights.

7 conversations

early days of ethereum - episode 1

August 28, 2023

The first episode of the Early Days of Ethereum video series, independently produced by the co-Founders of BlockApps.

early days of ethereum - episode 2

October 09, 2023

The second episode of the Early Days of Ethereum video series, continuing the exploration of Ethereum's founding period.

early days of ethereum - episode 3 - bob summerwill

November 14, 2023

Episode 3 of the Early Days of Ethereum video series features Bob Summerwill discussing his journey in blockchain and Ethereum.

early days of ethereum - episode 4 - taylor gerring

August 08, 2025

After a long hiatus since episode 3, Taylor Gerring joined as a guest to talk about his experiences in the very early days of the Ethereum project, starting in December 2013.

early days of ethereum - episode 5 - anthony 'texture' d'onofrio

September 03, 2025

Anthony D'Onofrio ('Texture') was Ethereum's first 'community guy' and shared his unique perspective starting from the very earliest days of the project.

early days of ethereum - episode 6 - christoph jentzsch

November 19, 2025

Christophe Jentzsch joined ETHDEV shortly after the crowdsale and built all the cross-client testing infrastructure. He founded Slock.it, focused on smartlocks and IoT. Slock.it were the creators of The DAO, Ethereum's first 'killer app'

early days of ethereum - episode 7 - jacob czepluch

December 03, 2025

Jacob was an intern at ETHDEV in late 2015, so was a fly-on-the-wall in the Berlin office as the C++ team was defunded. He had earlier founded the Copenhagen Ethereum Meetup