Vitalik Buterin, the 25-year-old co-founder of bitcoin rival Ethereum, is something of a pioneer in the cryptocurrency world. Fortune Magazine ranked the “skinny visionary” 22nd on its latest “40 Under 40” list. In 2014, Buterin was awarded a $100,000 Peter Thiel Fellowship for his work in developing the Ethereum platform and associated digital currency Ether, along with an open source programming language that lets developers create decentralized blockchain applications. Born in Moscow and raised in Toronto, the researcher, programmer and writer currently has an estimated net worth somewhere between $50 million and ... (full story)