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Selling $100,000 on Kraken lost 0.01% against the mid price, before trading fees. Check your own amount →
Our own measurement · measured 10 October 2026
Ether sits at an address controlled by a key. In a wallet you run yourself, the wallet's maker never has custody of the funds, and the recovery phrase is the only way back in. What a wallet actually is →
Source: Ethereum.org: wallets · checked 2 October 2026
Anyone can send ether to any address. A block arrives every 12 seconds, and the fee is paid in ether and rises when the network is busy. Why a payment cannot be undone →
Source: Ethereum.org: proof-of-stake · checked 2 October 2026
Ethereum pays ether to those who stake it. Staking on your own takes at least 32 ETH and a machine that stays online, and a validator that breaks the rules loses part of its stake. With less, you stake through a pool or an exchange, and then you depend on them.
Source: Ethereum.org: staking · checked 2 October 2026
This is what Ethereum was built for: programs stored on the chain that run exactly as written. Each app is its own code with its own flaws, and code that is wrong stays wrong.
Source: Ethereum.org: smart contracts · checked 2 October 2026
Ether has no maximum. New ether is paid to stakers and part of every fee is destroyed, so the total can rise or fall.
Source: Ethereum.org: issuance · checked 2 October 2026
Ether reaches the networks built on Ethereum, such as Arbitrum, through a bridge, and other chains as a wrapped token. Either way it depends on the bridge's code and on whoever runs it.
Source: Ethereum.org: bridges · checked 2 October 2026
The Ethereum page · What a coin can do is not a reason to buy it.