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Ethereum Smart Contract Development

By : Mayukh Mukhopadhyay
Book Image

Ethereum Smart Contract Development

By: Mayukh Mukhopadhyay

Overview of this book

Ethereum is a public, blockchain-based distributed computing platform featuring smart contract functionality. This book is your one-stop guide to blockchain and Ethereum smart contract development. We start by introducing you to the basics of blockchain. You'll learn about hash functions, Merkle trees, forking, mining, and much more. Then you'll learn about Ethereum and smart contracts, and we'll cover Ethereum virtual machine (EVM) in detail. Next, you'll get acquainted with DApps and DAOs and see how they work. We'll also delve into the mechanisms of advanced smart contracts, taking a practical approach. You'll also learn how to develop your own cryptocurrency from scratch in order to understand the business behind ICO. Further on, you'll get to know the key concepts of the Solidity programming language, enabling you to build decentralized blockchain-based applications. We'll also look at enterprise use cases, where you'll build a decentralized microblogging site. At the end of this book, we discuss blockchain-as-a-service, the dark web marketplace, and various advanced topics so you can get well versed with the blockchain principles and ecosystem.
Table of Contents (18 chapters)
Title Page
Dedication
Packt Upsell
Contributors
Preface
Index

Summary


We began this chapter by understanding the concept behind the Internet of Money. We saw how programmable money is like building a concrete house that requires a lot of prior planning. Then we discussed various use cases of smart contracts and the blockchain. We listed almost every aspect of society and the economy that has a chance of getting disrupted by this revolutionary technology. We concluded this chapter by designing a decentralized microblogging application and deployed it into our private blockchain.

In Chapter 10, BaaS and the Dark Web Market, we will discuss certain enterprise-level frameworks that are using Ethereum blockchain to set up a development platform. We also have a glimpse of the dark web marketplace and how to explore it safely.