A developer's guide to Ethereum /

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Blockchain technology has certainly been hyped over the past few years, but when you strip all of that away, what can actually do with it? This book is a collection of articles that provide an introduction to Ethereum, an open source platform that's based based on blockchain. It enables develop...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Škvorc, Bruno (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Collingwood, VIC, Australia : SitePoint Pty. Ltd., [2018]
Temas:
Blockchains (Databases)
Electronic funds transfers.
Electronic data processing.
Computer software > Development.
Chaînes de blocs.
Transferts électroniques de fonds.
COMPUTERS > Databases > General.
COMPUTERS > Data Processing.
COMPUTERS > Electronic Commerce.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo (Requiere registro previo con correo institucional)
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • A Developer's Guide to Ethereum
  • Notice of Rights
  • Notice of Liability
  • Trademark Notice
  • About SitePoint
  • Preface
  • Who Should Read This Book?
  • Conventions Used
  • Chapter 1: Blockchain: What It Is, How It Works, Why It's So Popular
  • Mario and Luigi
  • Papers
  • Seals and Mining
  • Conclusion
  • What Next?
  • Chapter 2: What is a Bitcoin Node? Mining versus Validation
  • Validation Nodes
  • Mining Nodes
  • Conclusion
  • Chapter 3: How the Lightning Network Helps Blockchains Scale
  • The Basics of the Lightning Network
  • How the Lightning Network Works
  • Network and Routing
  • Conclusion
  • Chapter 4: The Top Nine Uses for Blockchain
  • 1. Financial Freedom
  • 2. Decentralized Data
  • 3. Decentralized Internet and Chat
  • 4. Immutable Records
  • 5. Automation of Civilization
  • 6. Democracy (Voting)
  • 7. Loyalty Points
  • 8. Royalty and Proof-of-authorship
  • 9. Company Management
  • Bonus: Supply Chain
  • Conclusion
  • Chapter 5: Introduction to Ethereum: A Cryptocurrency with a Difference
  • Finality
  • Smart Contracts
  • What are ERC20 Tokens?
  • PoS
  • Conclusion
  • Chapter 6: A Deep Dive into Cryptography
  • Cryptography
  • Symmetric Encryption (with a Private Key)
  • Asymmetric Encryption (with a Public Key)
  • Asymmetric Encryption and Bitcoin
  • Conclusion
  • Chapter 7: 3 Bitcoin Alternatives Compared: Ethereum, Cardano and NEO
  • What is Ethereum?
  • What is Cardano?
  • What is NEO?
  • Conclusion
  • Chapter 8: Compiling and Smart Contracts: ABI Explained
  • The Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM)
  • Solidity Compiler
  • ABI
  • Application Binary Interface
  • Example
  • Conclusion
  • Chapter 9: Ethereum Wallets: Send and Receive Ether with MyEtherWallet
  • Creating and Reading an Address
  • Receiving Ether
  • Sending Ether
  • Conclusion
  • Chapter 10: Ethereum: How Transaction Costs are Calculated
  • EVM
  • Gas, Ether, and GWei
  • Conclusion
  • Chapter 11: Proof of Stake vs Proof of Work
  • Proof of Work
  • Proof of Stake (PoS)
  • Delegated Proof of Stake (dPoS)
  • Proof of Authority
  • Conclusion
  • Chapter 12: Ethereum's Casper: Ghostbusting Proof of Stake Problems
  • Byzantine Fault Tolerance
  • Consensus Mechanisms
  • Ethereum Consensus Algorithms
  • Casper, the "Friendly Ghost"
  • Advantages of Proof Of Stake
  • Problems with PoS
  • Conclusion
  • Chapter 13: Decentralized Storage and Publication with IPFS and Swarm
  • Decentralized Storage and Publication
  • IPFS
  • Swarm
  • Commonalities
  • Conclusion
  • Chapter 14: Ethereum Messaging: Explaining Whisper and Status.im
  • Whisper
  • Protocol Elements
  • Status.im
  • The Ecosystem
  • Conclusion
  • Chapter 15: Ethereum: Internal Transactions & Token Transfers Explained
  • External and Internal Addresses
  • Transaction Types
  • Token Transfers
  • Conclusion
  • Chapter 16: BigchainDB: Blockchain and Data Storage
  • Other Alternatives
  • Part of a Decentralized Future

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