Part II: An Introduction to Ethereum
In this part of the book, I introduce one of the most important public blockchains today, Ethereum. In terms of market cap, Ethereum is second only to the Bitcoin blockchain. Since Ethereum was the first blockchain that pioneered the concept of smart contracts, many public and private blockchains today are compatible with Ethereum to leverage the Ethereum developer community. In that regard, Ethereum is not just a public blockchain. It is a protocol many other blockchains conform to.
Hence, for developers, it is important to understand how Ethereum works and how to write applications (i.e., smart contracts and decentralized applications) on it. The chapters in this part will discuss how to build Ethereum-compatible ...
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