The price of cryptocurrency Ethereum ETH/USD soared over 21% in the last week and is now up over 40% in the past month. With a market capitalization of $430 billion, Ethereum is the second largest cryptocurrency.

What if I told you Ethereum almost didn’t exist? In fact, if not for a small change in a video game, we might not have Ethereum today.

What Happened: Many are familiar with the butterfly effect thanks to a movie by the same name. The butterfly effect is an idea that small events can have non-linear impacts on a complex level. A small change made in a popular video game led to the creation of one of the most valuable and most popular cryptocurrencies of all time.

A small change to…

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