ETH, short for Ether, is the native cryptocurrency of the Ethereum blockchain. It is the second-largest cryptocurrency in the world by market capitalization after Bitcoin.

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🔧 What Makes Ethereum Special?

Ethereum is not just digital money — it is a programmable blockchain. That means it allows developers to build decentralized applications (dApps), such as:

DeFi (Decentralized Finance) apps

NFTs (Non-Fungible Tokens)

DAOs (Decentralized Autonomous Organizations)