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Ethereum comes with its own cryptocurrency called Ether. As users donate their computing power to fuel the highly-informational system, a process known as mining, the system rewards them with Ether. Anyone who wants to make use of Ethereum's contract platform has to pay using Ether, which they need to mine themselves or purchase from others... Within a month, Ether coins were being sold for between one and three US dollars. In late August, the price stabilized to around $1, which held constant until the end of the year... From the start of January 2016, the price of Ether increased steadily. By mid-June, coins were being sold for upwards of US $18.