Vitalik: An Ethereum Story

A feature documentary about Vitalik Buterin, the brain behind Ethereum, is set to premiere on April 15, 2025.

A new feature documentary about Vitalik Buterin, the brain behind Ethereum, is set to premiere on April 15. According to the film producers’ latest post, it will be available on Apple TV and Prime Video starting on that date. Pre-orders are also open for those who want to support the film.

Vitalik: An Ethereum Story is releasing globally on April 15th on @appletv and @primevideo! You can preorder today to give the film a boost. 💪

Buterin’s Documentary: A Glimpse into His Life and Work

A recently released trailer showcases Buterin as a prodigy who set out to reimagine the internet. The film will follow the inventor’s early life as a teenage programmer who later became a technology leader.

It will also examine how Ethereum, a cryptocurrency and blockchain launched in 2015, ignited a global movement, sparking a trillion-dollar industry and making a groundbreaking attempt to redesign the future of the internet.

The film will highlight key moments in Ethereum’s history, such as the NFT gold rush, the battle for internet supremacy, and the multiple industry collapses that occurred during the blockchain era.

Other details in the feature documentary include the step-by-step ambitious software upgrade of the Ethereum blockchain, headed by an unassuming and reluctant leader whose genius attributes launched him into the spotlight.

Ethereum Launched in 2015

The blockchain launched on July 30, 2015, with a Genesis block containing 8,893 transactions. The initial set of transactions on Ethereum's Frontier allocated various amounts of Ether tokens to different wallet addresses, introducing a block reward of 5 ETH.

Since then, the blockchain has evolved and inspired the creation of similar decentralized blockchain solutions, including fierce competitors like Solana and Cardano.

The cryptocurrency has grown massively over the past ten years, retaining its status as the second-largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization.

Crypto community members watched the cryptocurrency's price climb from under $1 in 2015 to an all-time high of $4,891 in November 2021. However, the price pulled back following a bear market and several seasons of market fluctuations, leaving the cryptocurrency to trade for $1,921 at the time of writing, according to data from TradingView.