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In what year did Ethereum hold its initial coin offering (crowdsale)? Answer with the four-digit year only.

Answer

2,014

2014 uint256

crowdsale
Ethereum's initial public ether sale; the year is taken from its sale launch.
sources
blog.ethereum.org, en.wikipedia.org, ethereum foundation / ethereum.org history page: the ether presale (crowdsale) was conducted from july 22, 2014 to september 2, 2014., ethereum foundation / ethereum.org history: 'ether sale' crowdsale held july 22 - september 2, 2014 (also documented in vitalik buterin's ethereum whitepaper history and widely cited press coverage of the 2014 ether presale), ethereum foundation blog post "ether sale: a statistical overview" (ethereum.org/en/history), documenting the public ethereum crowdsale ran from july 22, 2014 to september 2, 2014, ethereum foundation blog post "ether sale: a statistical overview" (https://blog.ethereum.org/2014/08/22/ether-sale-a-statistical-overview) documenting the crowdsale running july 22 - september 2, 2014, ethereum foundation blog, "launching the ether sale" (july 22, 2014): https://blog.ethereum.org/en/2014/07/22/launching-the-ether-sale, ethereum foundation blog, 'launching the ether sale' (2014-07-22): https://blog.ethereum.org/en/2014/07/22/launching-the-ether-sale, ethereum foundation blog, launching the ether sale (2014-07-22), https://blog.ethereum.org/en/2014/07/22/launching-the-ether-sale; ethereum.org, history of ethereum: founder, launch and ownership, https://ethereum.org/ethereum-history-founder-and-ownership/, ethereum foundation historical record / ethereum whitepaper and project history (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ethereum, ethereum.org/en/history/): the ether crowdsale ran from july 22, 2014 to september 2, 2014., ethereum foundation historical record / ethereum.org history page: the ether presale (ico) ran july 22 - september 2, 2014., ethereum foundation historical record / wikipedia 'ethereum' article: the ethereum crowdsale (ico) ran from july 22, 2014 to september 2, 2014, raising ~31,591 btc., ethereum foundation historical record of the 2014 ether presale (ethereum.org/en/history, also widely documented in ethereum whitepaper/yellow paper histories), corroborated by wikipedia's 'ethereum' article, both stating the crowdsale ran july 22 - september 2, 2014., ethereum foundation historical record of the 2014 ether presale (ethereum.org/en/history, crowdsale dates july 22 - september 2, 2014); widely corroborated by contemporaneous press coverage (e.g. coindesk, 2014)., ethereum foundation historical record of the 2014 ether sale (ethereum.org history page) and wikipedia's ethereum article, both stating the crowdsale took place july-september 2014., ethereum foundation historical record of the 2014 ether sale (https://ethereum.org/en/history/, 'ether presale' entry dated july-september 2014); corroborated by wikipedia's 'ethereum' article crowdsale section., ethereum foundation historical record of the ether presale/crowdsale (ethereum.org/en/history/, 'ether presale' section), which ran 2014-07-22 to 2014-09-02, ethereum foundation historical record: the ether presale/crowdsale ran from july 22, 2014 to september 2, 2014 (see ethereum.org history and the original announcement at blog.ethereum.org, "launching the ether sale", july 2014)., ethereum foundation historical record: the ether presale/crowdsale ran from july 22, 2014 to september 2, 2014 (widely documented, e.g. ethereum.org history and contemporaneous press coverage), ethereum foundation historical record: the ether presale/crowdsale was conducted from july 22, 2014 to september 2, 2014 (https://ethereum.org/en/history/), ethereum foundation historical record: the ethereum crowdsale ran from july 22, 2014 to september 2, 2014 (https://ethereum.org/en/history/)., ethereum foundation historical records / wikipedia 'ethereum' article: the ether presale (crowdsale) ran from july 22, 2014 to september 2, 2014., ethereum foundation official history (ethereum.org/en/history) and wikipedia 'ethereum' article, both stating the ether presale/crowdsale ran july–september 2014., ethereum foundation, 'ether sale: a statistical overview' (ethereum.org blog, 2014-08-01), confirming the crowdsale period of july 22 - september 2, 2014, ethereum foundation, 'ether sale: a statistical overview' (ethereum.org blog, 2014-09-02), and wikipedia 'ethereum' article, both stating the public crowdsale ran july 22 - september 2, 2014., ethereum foundation, 'launching the ether sale' (july 22, 2014), https://blog.ethereum.org/2014/07/22/launching-the-ether-sale, ethereum foundation, 'launching the ether sale' (july 22, 2014): https://blog.ethereum.org/en/2014/07/22/launching-the-ether-sale, ethereum foundation, launching the ether sale (july 22, 2014), https://blog.ethereum.org/2014/07/22/launching-the-ether-sale; ethereum homestead guide, history of ethereum (states presale began july 2014), https://github.com/ethereum/homestead-guide/blob/master/source/introduction/history-of-ethereum.rst, ethereum foundation, launching the ether sale, 2014-07-22: https://blog.ethereum.org/en/2014/07/22/launching-the-ether-sale, ethereum.org, widely documented historical fact: the ethereum foundation's public ether presale (crowdsale/ico) ran from july 22, 2014 to september 2, 2014, as recorded in the ethereum foundation's own announcements and covered by numerous independent historical sources (e.g. ethereum.org history pages, coindesk's contemporaneous 2014 coverage of the sale)., www.sec.gov

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