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Blockchain Quick Reference

By : Mariko Amekodommo, Brenn Hill, Samanyu Chopra, Paul Valencourt
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Blockchain Quick Reference

By: Mariko Amekodommo, Brenn Hill, Samanyu Chopra, Paul Valencourt

Overview of this book

Blockchain Quick Reference takes you through the electrifying world of blockchain technology and is designed for those who want to polish their existing knowledge regarding the various pillars of the blockchain ecosystem. This book is your go-to guide, teaching you how to apply principles and ideas for making your life and business better. You will cover the architecture, Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs), tokens, smart contracts, and terminologies of the blockchain technology, before studying how they work. All you need is a curious mind to get started with blockchain technology. Once you have grasped the basics, you will explore components of Ethereum, such as ether tokens, transactions, and smart contracts, in order to build simple Dapps. You will then move on to learning why Solidity is used specifically for Ethereum-based projects, followed by exploring different types of blockchain with easy-to-follow examples. All this will help you tackle challenges and problems. By the end of this book, you will not only have solved current and future problems relating to blockchain technology but will also be able to build efficient decentralized applications.
Table of Contents (24 chapters)

Monax

Monax is a blockchain and a smart contract technology that was founded in 2014. It started its journey as Eris Industries, but changed its name to Monax in October of 2016.

Monax has a lot to offer. Some of these include various frameworks, SDKs, and tools that allow accelerated development of blockchains and their deployment for businesses. The idea behind the Monax application platform is to enable development of ecosystem applications that use blockchains in their backend. It also allows integration with multiple blockchains and enables various third-party systems to interact with other blockchain systems, and offers a high level of compatibility. This platform makes use of smart contracts written in solidity language. It can interact with blockchains such as Ethereum or Bitcoin. All commands are standardized for different blockchains, and the same commands can be used...