Ethereum
Ethereum is probably the second most popular blockchain platform in the world. It was conceptualized by Vitalik Buterin. The technology stack is open source and is maintained by the Ethereum Foundation. Its native asset is ether. Users can also issue their own assets on the network. These assets are popularly known as tokens.
Ethereum was the first blockchain platform to implement smart contracts. Smart contracts are written using the Solidity language. Contracts are compiled and deployed to the blockchain in bytecode format. This bytecode is then broadcast to all the nodes in the network. Each node implements the Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM), which is a runtime environment for Ethereum smart contracts. The popularity of Solidity ...
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