# Amir Chetrit

> Amir Chetrit is an early Bitcoin and Ethereum developer who co-founded Colored Coins project before stepping down in 2014.

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- Created: 2023-02-09T02:32:06.700Z
- Last updated: 2024-06-03T02:53:01.683Z
- Source: IQ.wiki — the world's largest blockchain and crypto encyclopedia (https://iq.wiki)

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**Amir Chetrit** is one of the co-founders of Ethereum. He is a US-Israeli national who studied computer science but left before completing his degree. His early career involved dabbling in real estate before his involvement in the [cryptocurrency](https://iq.wiki/wiki/cryptocurrency) space. [\[1\]](#cite-id-wfh33jjlqum)  
  
# Career  
  
After dropping out of his computer science degree, Amir Chetrit worked in real estate before 2008. Like many future [Ethereum](https://iq.wiki/wiki/ethereum) founders, he questioned the conventional financial system. [\[1\]](#cite-id-wfh33jjlqum)  
  
At the time, Chetrit was involved with an Israeli startup called Colored Coins, which aimed to manage real-world assets as tokens on the [Bitcoin](https://iq.wiki/wiki/bitcoin) [blockchain](https://iq.wiki/wiki/blockchain). After meeting in a Bitcoin business conference in Amsterdam, Vitalik invited him to join the Ethereum project in December 2013. [\[1\]](#cite-id-wfh33jjlqum)[\[3\]](#cite-id-3id44i35eus)  
  
# Ethereum  
  
In June 2014, during a meeting with the Ethereum developers, he agreed to step down while retaining his status as a co-founder. [\[2\]](#cite-id-4l8ealoroy4)  
  
Chetrit has shown a strong interest in blockchain technology, supporting various projects in the industry. However, he prefers to maintain a low profile, avoiding the limelight and public attention. [\[2\]](#cite-id-4l8ealoroy4)