A developer's guide to Ethereum

Blockchain technology has certainly been hyped over the past few years, but when you strip all of that away, what can actually do with it? This book is a collection of articles that provide an introduction to Ethereum, an open source platform that's based based on blockchain. It enables develop...

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Other Authors: Škvorc, Bruno (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Collingwood, VIC, Australia SitePoint Pty. Ltd. 2018
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505 0 |a Chapter 13: Decentralized Storage and Publication with IPFS and Swarm -- Decentralized Storage and Publication -- IPFS -- Swarm -- Commonalities -- Conclusion -- Chapter 14: Ethereum Messaging: Explaining Whisper and Status.im -- Whisper -- Protocol Elements -- Status.im -- The Ecosystem -- Conclusion -- Chapter 15: Ethereum: Internal Transactions & Token Transfers Explained -- External and Internal Addresses -- Transaction Types -- Token Transfers -- Conclusion -- Chapter 16: BigchainDB: Blockchain and Data Storage -- Other Alternatives -- Part of a Decentralized Future 
505 0 |a Symmetric Encryption (with a Private Key) -- Asymmetric Encryption (with a Public Key) -- Asymmetric Encryption and Bitcoin -- Conclusion -- Chapter 7: 3 Bitcoin Alternatives Compared: Ethereum, Cardano and NEO -- What is Ethereum? -- What is Cardano? -- What is NEO? -- Conclusion -- Chapter 8: Compiling and Smart Contracts: ABI Explained -- The Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM) -- Solidity Compiler -- ABI -- Application Binary Interface -- Example -- Conclusion -- Chapter 9: Ethereum Wallets: Send and Receive Ether with MyEtherWallet -- Creating and Reading an Address -- Receiving Ether 
505 0 |a A Developer's Guide to Ethereum -- Notice of Rights -- Notice of Liability -- Trademark Notice -- About SitePoint -- Preface -- Who Should Read This Book? -- Conventions Used -- Chapter 1: Blockchain: What It Is, How It Works, Why It's So Popular -- Mario and Luigi -- Papers -- Seals and Mining -- Conclusion -- What Next? -- Chapter 2: What is a Bitcoin Node? Mining versus Validation -- Validation Nodes -- Mining Nodes -- Conclusion -- Chapter 3: How the Lightning Network Helps Blockchains Scale -- The Basics of the Lightning Network -- How the Lightning Network Works -- Network and Routing 
505 0 |a Sending Ether -- Conclusion -- Chapter 10: Ethereum: How Transaction Costs are Calculated -- EVM -- Gas, Ether, and GWei -- Conclusion -- Chapter 11: Proof of Stake vs Proof of Work -- Proof of Work -- Proof of Stake (PoS) -- Delegated Proof of Stake (dPoS) -- Proof of Authority -- Conclusion -- Chapter 12: Ethereum's Casper: Ghostbusting Proof of Stake Problems -- Byzantine Fault Tolerance -- Consensus Mechanisms -- Ethereum Consensus Algorithms -- Casper, the "Friendly Ghost" -- Advantages of Proof Of Stake -- Problems with PoS -- Conclusion 
505 0 |a Conclusion -- Chapter 4: The Top Nine Uses for Blockchain -- 1. Financial Freedom -- 2. Decentralized Data -- 3. Decentralized Internet and Chat -- 4. Immutable Records -- 5. Automation of Civilization -- 6. Democracy (Voting) -- 7. Loyalty Points -- 8. Royalty and Proof-of-authorship -- 9. Company Management -- Bonus: Supply Chain -- Conclusion -- Chapter 5: Introduction to Ethereum: A Cryptocurrency with a Difference -- Finality -- Smart Contracts -- What are ERC20 Tokens? -- PoS -- Conclusion -- Chapter 6: A Deep Dive into Cryptography -- Cryptography 
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520 |a Blockchain technology has certainly been hyped over the past few years, but when you strip all of that away, what can actually do with it? This book is a collection of articles that provide an introduction to Ethereum, an open source platform that's based based on blockchain. It enables developers to build and deploy decentralized applications that can be relied on to work without fraud, censorship or interference from third parties. We start off by explaining what blockchain is and how it works, and also look at some potential practical applications for blockchain technology. We then move on to looking at the Ethereum platform specifically. Far more than just a cryptocurrency or smart contracts platform, Ethereum is becoming an entire ecosystem for building decentralized applications. This book contains: Blockchain: What It Is, How It Works, Why It's So Popular by Bruno Skvorc What is a Bitcoin Node? Mining versus Validation by Bruno Skvorc How the Lightning Network Helps Blockchains Scale by Bruno Skvorc The Top Nine Uses for Blockchain by Mateja Kendel Introduction to Ethereum: A Cryptocurrency with a Difference by Bruno Skvorc A Deep Dive into Cryptography by Bruno Skvorc 3 Bitcoin Alternatives Compared: Ethereum, Cardano and NEO by David Attard Compiling and Smart Contracts: ABI Explained by Mislav Javor Ethereum Wallets: Send and Receive Ether with MyEtherWallet by Bruno Skvorc Ethereum: How Transaction Costs are Calculated by Bruno Skvorc Proof of Stake vs Proof of Work by Bruno Skvorc Ethereum's Casper: Ghostbusting Proof of Stake Problems by Tonino Jankov Decentralized Storage and Publication with IPFS and Swarm by Tonino Jankov Ethereum Messaging: Explaining Whisper and Status.im by Tonino Jankov Ethereum: Internal Transactions & Token Transfers Explained by Bruno Skvorc BigchainDB: Blockchain and Data Storage by Chris Ward This book is for anyone interested in using the Ethereum platform for development. No prior knowledge of blockchain is assumed