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W.-M. LeeBeginning Ethereum Smart Contracts Programminghttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-9271-6_4

4. Creating Your Own Private Ethereum Test Network

Wei-Meng Lee1  
(1)
Ang Mo Kio, Singapore
 

Now that you have a solid understanding of how a blockchain works, you are ready to see how to interact with one. In this chapter, you will learn how to make use of an Ethereum client to create a private Ethereum blockchain network within your local network. Doing this provides you with the chance to learn how to interact with an Ethereum blockchain without needing to worry about synchronizing with the entire mainnet (which may take up more than one terabyte of disk space ...

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