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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)

Summary

Smart contracts are agreements written into code between different parties. The critical aspects of smart contracts is that they contain promises that are in digital form. All of these promises can be executed using digital protocols for communication performance. The outcomes of the contracts are triggered automatically.

At this point, you should have a solid understanding of what smart contracts are, how they work, and their strengths and limitations. You should be able to understand the dangers inherent in smart contract ecosystems and be able to gauge possible risks in the development of smart-contract-based systems. At a minimum, you should recognize the need for careful and thorough evaluation of smart contracts for security reasons. Remember, with smart contracts, the code is executed with little or no human intervention. A mistake in a smart contract means the...