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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)

Ethereum Accounts and Ether Tokens

In the previous chapters, we discussed Ethereum, smart contracts, and how the development of a smart contract takes place, including the development of the ERC20 token, based on Ethereum blockchain. We also discussed how the development of Ethereum takes place along with the deployment of a smart contract and token on the Ethereum blockchain.

In this chapter, we will discuss the Ethereum account in detail and also study an ether token; this discussion will help us to better understand decentralized applications. We will also briefly discuss some popular Ethereum tokens and smart contracts. We will also discuss some important topics such as the transaction sub state, the validation of an Ethereum Block, and the various steps involved in the process of block finalization. Following this, we will briefly discuss some disadvantages of an Ethereum...