Commerce & Finance · Recorded milestone
Smart contracts
Recorded year2015
Ethereum makes blockchains programmable, so code can hold and move money, issue tokens and run stablecoins.
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Led to
- NFT digital artRecorded · 2017enables
- Delegated payment accounts for AI agentsRecorded · 2025enables
- Early tokenised asset marketsRecorded · 2025enables
- Regulated stablecoinsRecorded · 2025enables
- Every product traceableForecast · ~2036enables
- Programmable money everywhereForecast · ~2040enables
- Cloud nationsForecast · ~2065enables
- Light-delay ledgersForecast · ~2097enables
Sources & evidence
Dataset updated 2026-10-18. This individual record has not been separately re-reviewed.