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Mastering Ethereum

By : Merunas Grincalaitis
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Mastering Ethereum

By: Merunas Grincalaitis

Overview of this book

Ethereum is one of the commonly used platforms for building blockchain applications. It's a decentralized platform for applications that can run exactly as programmed without being affected by fraud, censorship, or third-party interference. This book will give you a deep understanding of how blockchain works so that you can discover the entire ecosystem, core components, and its implementations. You will get started by understanding how to configure and work with various Ethereum protocols for developing dApps. Next, you will learn to code and create powerful smart contracts that scale with Solidity and Vyper. You will then explore the building blocks of the dApps architecture, and gain insights on how to create your own dApp through a variety of real-world examples. The book will even guide you on how to deploy your dApps on multiple Ethereum instances with the required best practices and techniques. The next few chapters will delve into advanced topics such as, building advanced smart contracts and multi-page frontends using Ethereum blockchain. You will also focus on implementing machine learning techniques to build decentralized autonomous applications, in addition to covering several use cases across a variety of domains such as, social media and e-commerce. By the end of this book, you will have the expertise you need to build decentralized autonomous applications confidently.

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Table of Contents (17 chapters)
Preface
Preface
Who this book is for
What this book covers
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Section 1: Blockchain - Ethereum Refresher
Section 1: Blockchain - Ethereum Refresher
2
Blockchain Architecture
Blockchain Architecture
Beyond Ethereum
The EEA
Understanding the Ethereum blockchain
Workings of smart contracts
Essential smart contract programming
Summary
3
Ethereum Ecosystems
Ethereum Ecosystems
Introducing the Ethereum chain specification
Blockchain technology
Blockchain consensus
Blockchain economics
Blockchain metrics
Summary
4
Ethereum Assets
Ethereum Assets
Ethereum protocol implementations
INFURA essentials
Decentralized autonomous organizations
Miscellanea and concerns
Creating your own private Ethereum network
Choosing a wallet for Ethereum
Using Etherscan for transactions
Creating accounts
Summary
5
Section 2: Decentralized Application Development Workflow
Section 2: Decentralized Application Development Workflow
6
Mastering Smart Contracts
Mastering Smart Contracts
Getting up to speed
The EVM in depth
Upgradable and scalable smart contracts
Gas and data-efficient smart contracts
Smart contract security analysis
Summary
7
Mastering dApps
Mastering dApps
Introducing dApp architecture
Installing Ethereum and Truffle
Setting up and configuring Ethereum and Truffle
Creating dApps
Creating user interfaces
Connecting smart contracts to web applications
Summary
8
Tools, Frameworks, Components, and Services
Tools, Frameworks, Components, and Services
Using developer tools
Understanding Ethereum communication tools
Making sense of the Ethereum infrastructure
Learning Ethereum testing and securing tools
Getting important open source libraries
Summary
9
Deployment on Testnet
Deployment on Testnet
Using Ropsten for smart contract development
Understanding Rinkeby with proof-of-authority
Using Kovan for smart contract development
Introducing the Mainnet
Summary
10
Various dApps Integrations
Various dApps Integrations
Better React applications
Scalable Node.js backends with NGINX
Better web3.js dApps
Building your own Oracles
Improving your development workflow
Summary
11
Decentralized Exchanges Workflow
Decentralized Exchanges Workflow
Introducing decentralized exchanges
Understanding the trading and matching engine
Managing cryptocurrency wallets and cold storage
Building the user interface
Building the Ethereum backend
Finishing the dApp
Summary
12
Section 3: Ethereum Implementations
Section 3: Ethereum Implementations
13
Machine Learning on the Ethereum Blockchain
Machine Learning on the Ethereum Blockchain
Understanding machine learning
Decentralized machine learning marketplaces
Building a smart contract machine learning marketplace
Summary
14
Creating a Blockchain-based Social Media Platform
Creating a Blockchain-based Social Media Platform
Understanding decentralized social media
Creating the user interface
Building the smart contract
Finishing the dApp
Summary
15
Creating a Blockchain-Based E-Commerce Marketplace
Creating a Blockchain-Based E-Commerce Marketplace
Creating the user interface
Understanding ERC-721 tokens
Developing the e-commerce smart contract
Finishing the dApp
Summary
16
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Using Kovan for smart contract development

Kovan is a testnet that was created by the guys at Parity, who wanted a new type of PoA network where developers could deploy their smart contracts, knowing that they will stay running endlessly given that this network is highly secure. This network is the fastest of them all because it has a 4-second block time, which makes testing a breeze, since you don't have to wait for long confirmation times.

It was born because of the attack conducted on Ropsten in 2017 when Parity realized that developers were losing an important tool in their arsenal, given that they need to test their smart contracts on the most realistic scenarios possible to emulate blockchain limitations.

Kovan is one of the most active networks, since they provide Kovan Improvement Proposals, known as KIPs, where users can submit GitHub issues on the repository (https...

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