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Source: The following is from the English Wikipedia on Ethereum:

Ethereum is an open-source, public, blockchain-based distributed computing platform and operating system featuring smart contract (scripting) functionality. It supports a modified version of Nakamoto consensus via transaction-based state transitions.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethereum

Ethereum is an open blockchain platform that lets anyone build and use decentralized applications that run on blockchain technology. Like Bitcoin, no one controls or owns Ethereum – it is an open-source project built by many people around the world. But unlike the Bitcoin protocol, Ethereum was designed to be adaptable and flexible. It is easy to create new applications on the Ethereum platform, and with the Homestead release, it is now safe for anyone to use those applications. http://ethdocs.org/en/latest/introduction/what-is-ethereum.html

Reference: The Ethereum Yellow Paper: https://ethereum.github.io/yellowpaper/paper.pdf

The Where Can I Join The Ethereum Community? is an excellent resource. Many of the avenues open are through social media. Ethereum has an official forum known as the Ethereum Community Forum.

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