This is an attempt by Bob Summerwill (along with Ethereum Foundation People) at building up some canonical history of the Ethereum Project and the Ethereum Foundation.
See also the partial public histories in:
- Cut and Try – Building a Dream, written by Taylor Gerring in February 2016
- History of Ethereum, written by the community for Homestead in March 2016
- A Prehistory of the Ethereum Protocol, written by Vitalik Buterin in September 2017
Timeline 2013
Earliest Messages between Vitalik and Gav – 19th Dec 2013
https://twitter.com/VitalikButerin/status/895518902817480708
https://twitter.com/peter_szilagyi/status/895560354951872512
In Gav's Epicenter interview, he named Jonathan James Harrison AKA "Jonny Bitcoin" as the individual who pointed out Ethereum to him. He had met Johnny through Amir Taaki:
Timeline 2014
Who were the Founders of Ethereum?
Who are the Founders of Ethereum?
Reddit
https://www.reddit.com/r/ethereum/comments/5w9i0j/who_are_the_founders_of_ethereum/?st=japhmhor&sh=594afb35
North American Bitcoin Conference, Miami, 26th January 2014
Vitalik Buterin (Ethereum), a star is born
North American Bitcoin Conference in Miami (Jan 2014)
Ohio Bitcoin
Beach house in Miami in February, where first face-to-face development happened - 31st January 2014
(The Ethereum team in their Miami house rented by Anthony Di Iorio for the 2014 Bitcoin conference. Top (left to right): Dino Mark, Yanislav Malahov, Charles Hoskinson, Anthony 'Texture' D'Onofrio, Steve Dakh, Wendell Davis, Jonathan Mohan, Joseph Lubin, Louis Parker. Bottom (left to right): Gavin Wood, Vitalik Buterin, Anthony Di Iorio, Taylor Gerring, Jason Colby, Kyle Kurbegovich)
(this image is from Taylor's twitter thread, with caption and names taken from Why Polkadot is The Next Big Mover This Bull Cycle)
Introducing Ethereum, 19th February 2014
The upcoming crypto-singularity - Coinscrum, Stephan Tual, 10th March 2014
Ethereum – Your Turn (Charles Hoskinson voiceover), 12th March 2014
Duncan Rawlinson, 9th April 2014 (something just before the Expo?)
Ethereum
by Duncan Rawlinson, April 9, 2014
https://duncan.co/ethereum/
Bitcoin Expo 2014 Toronto – 11th to 13th April 2014
Bitcoin Expo 2014 Toronto
Archived Website
Internet Archive
https://web.archive.org/web/20171124124825/http://bitcoinexpo.ca/
Ethereum Video Background loop for Meetup groups and presentations (Richard Stott, 18th April 2014
Charles Hoskinson – Why I Joined Ethereum?, 21st April 2014
Ethereum Booth at the Bitcoin Expo 2014, 30th April 2014
Crypto Hackathon – Bitcoin Expo 2014!, 2nd May 2014
What is Ethereum? (Stephan Tual, CCO), 4th June 2014
BitVote: time based voting ÐApp on Ethereum, Aaron Bale, 13th June 2014
On Abstraction, Vitalik Buterin, 5th July 2014
On Abstraction
Ethereum Blog
https://blog.ethereum.org/2015/07/05/on-abstraction/
Towards a 12 second Block Time, Vitalik Buterin, 11th July 2014
Towards a 12 second Block Time
Ethereum Blog
https://blog.ethereum.org/2014/07/11/toward-a-12-second-block-time/
Interview with Ethereum, Coin Telegraph, 24th July 2014
Cutting edge: An interview with Ethereum creators Vitalik Buterin and Gavin Wood
Cointelegraph
July 24, 2014
https://cointelegraph.com/news/cutting-edge-an-interview-with-ethereum-creators-vitalik-buterin-and-gavin-wood
Vitalik Buterin explains Ethereum, 29th July 2014
State of Ethereum: August Edition, Vitalik Buterin, 27th August 2014
State of Ethereum: August Edition
Ethereum Blog
https://blog.ethereum.org/2014/08/27/state-ethereum-august-edition/
ÐΞVcon-0 conference in Berlin
ÐΞVcon-0 Recap
Ethereum Blog
December 12, 2014
https://blog.ethereum.org/2014/12/05/devcon-0-recap/
Gavin Wood – Allegality – Systems Which Cannot Care, 10th Dec 2014
Timeline 2015
Gav's Ethereum ÐΞV Update V, 2nd March 2015
Gav's Ethereum ÐΞV Update V
Ethereum Blog
https://blog.ethereum.org/2015/03/02/gavs-ethereum-dev-update-v/
The Ethereum Launch Process, Vinay Gupta, 3rd March 2015
The Ethereum Launch Process
Ethereum Blog
https://blog.ethereum.org/2015/03/03/ethereum-launch-process/
Ethereum Foundation Open Call re: Board Selection, Vitalik, 10th April 2015
Ethereum Foundation Open Call re: Board Selection
Ethereum Blog
https://blog.ethereum.org/2015/04/10/ethereum-foundation-open-call-re-board-selection/
Godfather of Ethereum (Yanislav Malahov), 25th May 2015
Godfather of Ethereum
Medium
https://medium.com/@yanislav/king-of-bitcoin-godfather-of-ethereum-a9af9ecf56d5
Announcing the New Foundation Board and Executive Director, 30th July 2015
Announcing the New Foundation Board and Executive Director
Ethereum Blog
July 30, 2015
https://blog.ethereum.org/2015/07/30/announcing-new-foundation-board-executive-director/
New Ethereum Structure Executive Director and Board Members Signal a Reboot for Ethereum, Bitcoin Publication, 2nd Aug 2015
New Ethereum Structure Executive Director and Board Members Signal a Reboot for Ethereum
Bitcoin Publication
August 02, 2015
http://www.swissapp.mobi/2015/08/02/new-ethereum-structure-executive-director-and-board-members-signal-a-reboot-for-ethereum/
A Message from Stephan Tual, 3rd Sep 2015
A Message from Stephan Tual
Ethereum Blog
https://blog.ethereum.org/2015/09/03/a-message-from-stephan-tual/
So Ethereum is Released, Gavin Wood, 12th Dec 2015
So Ethereum is Released
Medium
https://medium.com/@gavofyork/so-ethereum-is-released-4291da46b770
Timeline 2016
The Last Post, Gavin Wood, 11th Jan 2016
Cut and Try: building a dream (Taylor Gerring), 9th Feb 2016
Cut and Try: building a dream
Ethereum Blog
https://blog.ethereum.org/2016/02/09/cut-and-try-building-a-dream/
Ethereum Foundation page, 4th March 2016
Ethereum Foundation page
Internet Archive snapshot
Internet Archive
March 04, 2016
https://web.archive.org/web/20160304212822/https://www.ethereum.org/foundation
Can Ethereum Restore Online Freedom & Transform the Internet? Reason TV, 18th March 2016
Extensive timeline for the DAO fork:
Extensive timeline for the DAO fork
GitHub
https://github.com/ethereumbook/ethereumbook/blob/develop/contrib/forks-history.asciidoc
Why I've Resigned as a Curator of the DAO, 13th May 2016
Why I've Resigned as a Curator of the DAO
Medium
https://medium.com/@gavofyork/why-ive-resigned-as-a-curator-of-the-dao-238528fbd447
The Uncanny Mind That Built Ethereum, 16th June 2016
The Uncanny Mind That Built Ethereum
Wired
June 16, 2016
https://www.wired.com/2016/06/the-uncanny-mind-that-built-ethereum/
Analysis of the DAO exploit, Phil Daian, 18th June 2016
Analysis of the DAO exploit
Hacking Distributed
by Phil Daian
, June 18, 2016
http://hackingdistributed.com/2016/06/18/analysis-of-the-dao-exploit/
Gavin Wood presentation hack of the DAO smart contract and options Ethereum community, Dutch Blockchain Conference, 20th June 2016
Gavin Wood on how $60M hack of DAO happened and what to do next, Dutch Blockchain Conference, 21st June 2016
"Was that because you wanted to make a lot of money?" (Timestamp)
Understanding The DAO Attack, David Siegel, 25th June 2016
Understanding The DAO Attack
CoinDesk
by David Siegel
, June 25, 2016
https://www.coindesk.com/understanding-dao-hack-journalists/
TBP79 – Infrastructure for a Seven Billion World, 13th August 2016
TBP79 – Infrastructure for a Seven Billion World
The Bitcoin Podcast
August 13, 2016
https://thebitcoinpodcast.com/episode-79/
"We knew that Stephan Tual was a bad actor … Same logic applies to Charles Hoskinson. There are all kinds of legends about that guy. Jesus Christ, right? Serious, serious troublemaker. Lots of people know the stories." (soundbite at 26m45s).
Timeline 2017
Hard Forks, Soft Forks, Defaults and Coercion, Vitalik Buterin, 14th March 2017
Hard Forks, Soft Forks, Defaults and Coercion
vitalik.ca
http://vitalik.ca/general/2017/03/14/forks_and_markets.html
The Ether Thief, Bloomberg Markets, Matthew Leising, 13th June 2017
The Ether Thief
Bloomberg Markets
https://www.bloomberg.com/features/2017-the-ether-thief/
SEC Issues Investigative Report Concluding DAO Tokens, a Digital Asset, Were Securities, SEC, 25th July 2017
SEC Issues Investigative Report Concluding DAO Tokens, a Digital Asset, Were Securities
Press Release
SEC
July 25, 2017
https://www.sec.gov/news/press-release/2017-131
SEC Report on DAO Tokens
Official Report
SEC
July 25, 2017
http://www.sec.gov/litigation/investreport/34-81207.pdf
A Prehistory of the Ethereum Protocol, Vitalik Buterin, 15th September 2017
I remember Cardano now… Red flags everywhere., 30th Nov 2017
I remember Cardano now… Red flags everywhere.
Reddit
November 30, 2017
https://www.reddit.com/r/ethtrader/comments/7grmiq/i_remember_cardano_now_red_flags_everywhere/?st=jap372rr&sh=87fee4a0
Visions of Ether, 16th Nov 2018
Visions of Ether
Token Economy
November 16, 2018
https://tokeneconomy.co/visions-of-ether-590858bf848e