ILLEGAL USE OF NARCOTIC DRUGS, PSYCHOTROPIC SUBSTANCES, AND THEIR ANALOGUES HARM HEALTH, THEIR ILLEGAL CIRCULATION IS PROHIBITED AND ENTAILS LIABILITY ESTABLISHED BY LAW. In 2013, Ethereum was just a fantasy of nineteen-year-old student Vitalik Buterin, who lived in a room resembling a prison cell and wrote articles for Bitcoin Magazine. Today, it is an ecosystem worth 240 billion dollars, the foundation of all major blockchain trends. If Bitcoin is the gold of the cryptocurrency world, then Ethereum is its oil. Laura Shin, journalist and writer, host of the cryptocurrency podcast Unchained, tells about the turbulent years of the Ethereum platform's formation (2014–2018), when 'crypto' went from a hobby of a small group of enthusiasts to a global craze and forever changed the world financial system. "The Code" is a documentary tech thriller in which developers, investors, IT tycoons, and hackers fight for money and power, where a code error becomes the reason for drama of Shakespearean scale, and utopian dreams can either ruin someone's life or bring incredible success.