A developer's guide to ethereum

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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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Škvorc, Bruno, author (author)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Collingwood, VIC : SitePoint Pty. Ltd [2018]
Edición:1st edition
Materias:
Blockchains (Databases)
Computer software > Development.
Electronic data processing.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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 &amp
  • 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.

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