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Learn Ethereum : a practical guide to help developers set up and run decentralized applications with Ethereum 2.0 /
Ethereum is a blockchain-based, decentralized computing platform that allows you to run smart contracts. With this book, you’ll discover the latest Ethereum tools, frameworks, wallets, and layer 2, along with setting up and running decentralized applications for the complete, end-to-end development...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Autores principales: | , , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Birmingham, UK :
Packt Publishing Ltd.,
2023.
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| Edición: | Second edition. |
| Temas: | |
| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo (Requiere registro previo con correo institucional) |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright and Credits
- Contributors
- Table of Contents
- Preface
- Part 1: Blockchain and Ethereum Basics
- Chapter 1: Blockchain and Cryptocurrency
- Technical requirements
- Introducing blockchain technology
- Decentralized P2P networks
- How does blockchain work?
- Rehashing cryptography
- Public-key cryptography
- Cryptographic hash function
- Digital signatures
- Anatomizing a blockchain consensus mechanism
- What is consensus?
- Proof-of-work
- Proof-of-stake
- Forking
- Understanding Bitcoin and cryptocurrency
- Bitcoin basics
- What is a wallet?
- Transactions, UTXO, and account balances
- Genesis block and coin supply
- How does Bitcoin payment work?
- Limitations in Bitcoin
- Altcoins
- Overview of blockchain use cases in the industry and government
- Financial services
- Healthcare
- Blockchain use cases led by government
- Ushering in the world of Ethereum
- Smart contract
- EVM
- Account
- Summary
- Chapter 2: Ethereum Architecture and Ecosystem
- Technical requirements
- Introducing the Eth1 Architecture
- Ethereum
- the world computer
- Web 2.0, Web3, to the Metaverse
- DApps
- Diving deep into Eth1
- Accounts
- Two types of accounts
- EOAs
- CAs
- Transactions and messages
- Smart contracts
- Ether and gas
- The EVM
- Addresses and wallets
- Examining mining in Eth 1.0
- Mining and the consensus protocol
- Ethereum transactions and block structure
- Transaction validation and block verification
- Understanding scaling challenges in Ethereum
- The blockchain scalability trilemma
- Modular blockchain architecture
- Ethereum scaling solutions
- Introducing Beacon Chains and Eth2
- PoS in Eth2
- How the beacon chain works
- Benefits from the transition to PoS
- Merging Eth1 and Eth2
- Merging Eth1 data into Eth2
- Scaling Ethereum with rollups
- Optimistic rollups
- ZK rollups
- Summary
- Chapter 3: Decentralized Finance
- Technical requirements
- Introducing decentralized finance
- Mastering Ethereum token standards
- Definition of cryptocurrency
- Crypto funding mechanism
- Ethereum token standards
- Analyzing stablecoins and MakerDAO Dai
- Understanding DeFi protocols
- Basic DeFi constructs
- Lending and borrowing
- Decentralized exchanges
- Decentralized derivatives and insurance
- Yield farming and DeFi continuum
- Making sense of cryptoeconomics
- DeFi after the collapse of FTX
- Summary
- Chapter 4: EVM-Compatible Blockchain Networks
- Technical requirements
- Understanding EVM blockchain ecosystems
- Introducing BSC
- Consensus mechanism in BSC
- Block creation and finality
- BNB governance
- BNB ecosystem and roadmap
- Scaling Ethereum with Polygon chains
- How Polygon PoS and Plasma work
- Block production and checkpoints
- Consensus mechanism in Polygon PoS
- Multi-chain solutions with Polygon Edge
- Polygon ecosystem and roadmap