To get the most out of this book

In order to gain the most from this book, some familiarity with computer science and basic knowledge of a programming language is desirable. However, beginner-level knowledge of computing in general and enthusiasm to learn should suffice!

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Conventions used

There are a number of text conventions used throughout this book.

CodeInText: Indicates code words in text, database table names, folder names, filenames, file extensions, pathnames, dummy URLs, user input, and Twitter handles. For example, "The call, callcode, and delegatecall functions are provided in order to interact with functions that do not have an ABI."

A block of code is set as follows:

pragma solidity >5.0.0;
contract Test1
{
    uint x=2;
    function addition1() public view returns (uint y)
    {
        y=x+2;
    }
}

Any command-line input or output is written as follows:

$ sudo apt-get install solc

Bold: Indicates a new term, an important word, or words that you see on screen, for example, in menus or dialog boxes, which also appear in the text like this. For example: "Two notable schemes that originate from ECC are Elliptic Curve Diffie-Hellman (ECDH) for key exchange and Elliptic Curve Digital Signature Algorithm (ECDSA) for digital signatures."