At the time, the foundation was holding 200,000 Swiss francs, 1,800 bitcoin ($430,000 at then prices), and 2.7 million ether ($1.7 million at then prices), plus a 490,000 Swiss francs fund reserved for the event they had to use a legal defense, Vitalik wrote, saying he was disclosing those numbers as he wanted the foundation to be “maximally transparent.”
