{"id":"amir-chetrit","version":1,"language":"en","title":"Amir Chetrit","hidden":false,"content":"**Amir Chetrit** is one of the co-founders of Ethereum. He is a US-Israeli national who studied computer science but left before completing his degree. His early career involved dabbling in real estate before his involvement in the [cryptocurrency](https://iq.wiki/wiki/cryptocurrency) space. [\\[1\\]](#cite-id-wfh33jjlqum)  \n  \n# Career  \n  \nAfter dropping out of his computer science degree, Amir Chetrit worked in real estate before 2008. Like many future [Ethereum](https://iq.wiki/wiki/ethereum) founders, he questioned the conventional financial system. [\\[1\\]](#cite-id-wfh33jjlqum)  \n  \nAt the time, Chetrit was involved with an Israeli startup called Colored Coins, which aimed to manage real-world assets as tokens on the [Bitcoin](https://iq.wiki/wiki/bitcoin) [blockchain](https://iq.wiki/wiki/blockchain). After meeting in a Bitcoin business conference in Amsterdam, Vitalik invited him to join the Ethereum project in December 2013. [\\[1\\]](#cite-id-wfh33jjlqum)[\\[3\\]](#cite-id-3id44i35eus)  \n  \n# Ethereum  \n  \nIn June 2014, during a meeting with the Ethereum developers, he agreed to step down while retaining his status as a co-founder. [\\[2\\]](#cite-id-4l8ealoroy4)  \n  \nChetrit has shown a strong interest in blockchain technology, supporting various projects in the industry. However, he prefers to maintain a low profile, avoiding the limelight and public attention. [\\[2\\]](#cite-id-4l8ealoroy4)","summary":"Amir Chetrit is an early Bitcoin and Ethereum developer who co-founded Colored Coins project before stepping down in 2014.","categories":[{"id":"people","title":"People in crypto"}],"promoted":0,"tags":[{"id":"Founders"}],"metadata":[{"id":"references","value":"[{\"id\":\"wfh33jjlqum\",\"url\":\"https://cardanofeed.com/the-cofounders-of-ethereum-who-are-they-and-where-are-they-now-13127.html\",\"description\":\"The cofounders of Ethereum – who are they and where are they now?\",\"timestamp\":1717382934728},{\"id\":\"4l8ealoroy4\",\"url\":\"https://medium.com/@benbaiju/ethereums-founders-today-a-look-into-their-current-ventures-b79cc3517a5e\",\"description\":\"Ethereum’s Founders Today: A Look into Their Current Ventures\",\"timestamp\":1717382956544},{\"id\":\"3id44i35eus\",\"url\":\"https://coinmarketcap.com/community/articles/64c850d9010ea907cbe5fa4b/\",\"description\":\"Vitalik Buterin and the Other Eight founders of Ethereum\",\"timestamp\":1717383165108}]"},{"id":"previous_cid","value":"Qmd3RMiBKhPoaRLfYjqid33ebCQ9JKa33Zt6qfFjU51TJB"}],"user":{"id":"0xfaF91FF28393Cf9292A351DbEa5FA6DCF34538D3"},"author":{"id":"0x6753061a4cffbc0A617e57E956A298D88702a94B","profile":{"username":"vzbrv","avatar":"QmPJmiy99yT54Z5vdcZr56Y4wCcGqiZHVvzZkdpePFAXmA"}},"media":[],"views":651,"events":null,"linkedWikis":{"blockchains":["ethereum"]},"ipfs":"Qmd3RMiBKhPoaRLfYjqid33ebCQ9JKa33Zt6qfFjU51TJB","transactionHash":"0xf8a0b3f1e8810fa7d3a6b45986654ba17f68120b774b0c804888883f1ca20b46","created":"2023-02-09T02:32:06.700Z","updated":"2023-02-09T02:32:06.700Z","images":[{"id":"QmbGC8snnUoYBAKs9rrYmpCn8pcdM14T1XZs28RXjmYBMX","type":"image/jpeg, image/png"}]}