Ethereum, proposed by Vitalik Buterin in 2013 and launched in 2015, is the most decentralized and trusted smart contract platform to date.
Cluster
Layer 1
Type
Mainnet
Launch Date
July 2015
Gas Token
ETH
Chain ID
eip155:1
VM
Universal (EVM)
Maturity
Ethereum Mainnet, a fully decentralized and secure network that anchors the entire ecosystem.
Highlights
Transaction Count
This metric grew by 63.40% over the past day
2.57M
2026/08/02
Realtime
Transactions Per Second
12 s
Block Time
262.9 TPS
All-Time High
24/12/2025 00:49 UTC
114.3 TPS
24h Peak
5/8/2026 21:03 UTC
27.2
Current TPS
12
Transaction Cost
$0.0645
ERC-20 Transfer
$0.1901
Swap Fee
$0.1441
Average Fee
$0.0641
Median Fee
updated 6 seconds ago
1
Fully Diluted Valuation
$227.77B
-2.67%
Yesterday
1
Active Addresses
516.15K
+3.96%
8
Throughput
2.52Mgas/s
-0.19%
1
Stablecoin Supply
$160.99B
-0.51%
1
Revenue
$251.69K
-25.27%
1
App Revenue
$6.55M
-65.92%
Events
MAR12
Dencun Upgrade (Proto-Danksharding)
13 March 2024
Introduced EIP-4844 (Proto-Danksharding), which created 'blobs' to significantly reduce data fees for Layer 2 rollups.
APR11
Shapella Upgrade
12 April 2023
The Shanghai/Capella upgrade enabled withdrawals for staked ETH, completing the Proof-of-Stake transition.
SEPT14
The Merge
15 September 2022
The historic transition of the Ethereum Mainnet from Proof-of-Work (PoW) to Proof-of-Stake (PoS) consensus by merging with the Beacon Chain.
AUG4
London Hard Fork (EIP-1559)
5 August 2021
A major network upgrade that introduced EIP-1559, which changed Ethereum's fee market mechanism to include a base fee that is burned.
NOV30
Beacon Chain Launch
1 December 2020
The launch of the Beacon Chain, the first step in Ethereum's transition from Proof-of-Work to a Proof-of-Stake consensus mechanism.
JUNE16
The DAO Hack
17 June 2016
A major exploit of 'The DAO', a decentralized venture capital fund, which led to a contentious hard fork and the creation of Ethereum Classic.
JULY29
Mainnet Launch (Frontier)
30 July 2015
The initial live release of the Ethereum network, marking the beginning of decentralized applications and smart contracts on a public blockchain.
Achievements
Lifetime
Level 
15
3.7B
46%
to
16
Transaction Count
Level 
19
$20.6B
71%
to
20
Revenue
Level 
17
310.1M
24%
to
18
Active Addresses
Usage Breakdown
5.69%
%
%
%
73.77%
%
11.88%
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
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