1. Introduction
3. Part I: Genesis (2013-2015)
4. 1. The Vision Emerges
5. 2. Building the Foundation
6. 3. The Crowdsale and Early Development
7. 4. The Olympic Era
8. 5. Frontier - The Minimal Viable Ethereum
10. Part II: The Early Years (2015-2017)
11. 6. Homestead - Stabilization
12. 7. The DAO Experiment
13. 8. The Fork in the Road
14. 9. Under Attack
15. 10. The ICO Boom Begins
17. Part III: Scaling Challenges and Growing Pains (2017-2019)
18. 11. Byzantium - The Metropolis Part 1
19. 12. The 2017 Bubble and CryptoKitties
20. 13. Constantinople/St. Petersburg
21. 14. The DeFi Foundations
22. 15. Istanbul
24. Part IV: The DeFi Revolution and Proof of Stake Journey (2020-2022)
25. 16. Muir Glacier and the DeFi Summer
26. 17. The Beacon Chain Genesis
27. 18. Berlin - Optimization Focus
28. 19. London - The Fee Revolution
29. 20. The NFT Explosion
30. 21. Altair and Beyond
31. 22. Arrow Glacier to Gray Glacier
33. Part V: The Merge and New Era (2022-2025)
34. 23. The Merge - Ethereum's Biggest Upgrade
35. 24. Shanghai/Capella - Completing the Circle
36. 25. Cancun/Deneb - The Blob Revolution
37. 26. The Layer 2 Ecosystem
38. 27. Pectra and Prague/Electra
40. Part VI: Technical Deep Dives
41. 28. The EVM Evolution
42. 29. State Growth and Solutions
43. 30. MEV - The Dark Forest
44. 31. The Standards That Built an Ecosystem
46. Part VII: The Social Layer
47. 32. Governance Evolution
48. 33. The Ethereum Community
49. 34. Funding the Ecosystem
51. Part VIII: Impact and Future
52. 35. Ethereum's Global Impact
53. 36. The Regulatory Journey
54. 37. The Road Ahead
55. 38. Ethereum's Place in History
57. Appendices
58. 39. Technical Specifications Timeline
59. 40. Economic History
60. 41. Key Figures and Contributors
61. 42. Resources for Further Learning
62. Glossary
63. Index