Solidity was initially proposed in August 2014 by Gavin Wood; the language was later developed by the Ethereum project's Solidity team, led by Christian Reitwiessner.

Is Solidity similar to Python?

Whereas, if you know a language like Python or C, you'll find Solidity to be relatively familiar. ... As you can see, Solidity code looks surprisingly similar to C++, C#, or JavaScript. Python developers will notice that in Solidity, variables need their type to be explicity declared, among other differences.

What language is Solidity built on?

Solidity is a curly-bracket language. It is influenced by C++, Python and JavaScript, and is designed to target the Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM).