Learn how to use Solidity and the Ethereum project - second only to Bitcoin in market capitalization. Blockchain protocols are taking the world by storm, and the Ethereum project, with its Turing-complete scripting language Solidity, has rapidly become a front-runner. This book presents the blockchain phenomenon in context; then situates Ethereum in a world pioneered by Bitcoin.
See why professionals and non-professionals alike are honing their skills in smart contract patterns and distributed application development. You''ll review the fundamentals of programming and networking, alongside its introduction to the new discipline of crypto-economics. You''ll then deploy smart contracts of your own, and learn how they can serve as a back-end for JavaScript and HTML applications on the Web.
Many Solidity tutorials out there today have the same flaw: they are written for advanced JavaScript developers who want to transfer their skills to a blockchain enviro
Table of Contents1. Bridging the Blockchain Knowledge Gap
2. The Mist Browser
3. The EVM
4. Solidity Programming
5. Smart Contacts and Tokens
6. Mining Ether
7. Cryptoeconomics Survey
8. Dapp Deployment
9. Creating Private Chains
10. Use Cases
11. Advanced Concepts