Ether (ETH)
It is the network’s currency. It’s used to buy, sell, and store value, and also to pay for using the platform.
What is Ethereum
Ethereum is the second-largest cryptocurrency in the world and also a platform. Besides working as digital money, with the Ether (ETH) coin, it allows you to create apps and contracts that run on their own, without an intermediary—everything on the blockchain.
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Concept
Ethereum in one sentence
If Bitcoin is digital money, Ethereum is the computer of the crypto world: an open network where anyone can create and run apps that work without an owner in charge.
The currency of this network is Ether (ETH). It pays for using the platform and is also bought and sold as a cryptocurrency. Ethereum was launched in 2015.
How does Ethereum work?
Three ideas explain almost everything.
Smart contracts
They are programs that execute on their own when the agreed conditions happen, without needing an intermediary.
Open network
Thousands of computers around the world maintain and validate the network. No one controls it alone, and the history cannot be rewritten.
Why is Ethereum so relevant?
Much more than a currency: it is the foundation of a large part of what is built in crypto today.
Use cases
What is Ethereum for?
Store and transfer value. With Ether (ETH), the second-largest crypto in the world.
Run smart contracts. They execute on their own, without intermediaries.
Be the base of DeFi. Digital finance that works without a bank in the middle.
Support NFTs and tokens. Including stablecoins that track the dollar.
Ethereum or Bitcoin: what’s the difference?
Both use blockchain, but were born with different goals.
Bitcoin
Created to be digital money and a store of value, with a limited supply of 21 million.
Ethereum
In addition to being a currency, it is a platform: it’s used to create apps and smart contracts.
In practice
Many people have both. Bitcoin as a store of value, Ethereum for its utility and the ecosystem that runs on it.
Ethereum on Brasil Bitcoin
At Brasil Bitcoin you buy and sell Ethereum easily, with our own infrastructure and within Brazilian regulation.
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Buy Ethereum starting from low amounts, choosing any fraction you want.
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Proprietary infrastructure and operations within Brazilian regulation.
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How to buy Ethereum safely
At Brasil Bitcoin, from sign-up to your first purchase in a few steps.
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Open your account
Complete identity verification.
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Deposit via Pix
Deposit in reais, straight from the app.
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Buy Ethereum
Choose any fraction of ETH you want.
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Track it on your phone
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Frequently asked questions
Ethereum is the network; Ether is the currency.
Ethereum is the network, the platform. Ether, or ETH, is the currency that circulates in it. In everyday life, many people call everything Ethereum.
Bitcoin is digital money; Ethereum is also a platform.
Bitcoin was created to be digital money and a store of value. Ethereum goes further: besides being a currency, it is a platform to create apps and smart contracts.
They are programs that execute rules automatically.
They are programs that run on the blockchain on their own when the agreed conditions happen, without needing an intermediary to execute them.
ETH is a risky asset and its price fluctuates.
This content is educational and does not constitute a recommendation. ETH is a cryptoasset and the price fluctuates. Evaluate your profile before investing.
You can buy ETH with reais via Pix.
On a regulated platform like Brasil Bitcoin: you create an account, deposit reais via Pix, and buy ETH—any fraction you want.
A security note that always applies.
No. Brasil Bitcoin does not have agents or investment advisors. Never give access to your account to third parties, under any circumstances.
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