Chapter 1
Getting to Know Ethereum
IN THIS CHAPTER
Discovering Ethereum consensus and mining
Diving into Ethereum smart contracts
Understanding Ether and trading
Exploring DAOs and ICOs
Setting up an Ethereum development environment
Looking into development tools
Blockchain technology is the most disruptive technology introduced in our generation, and Ethereum is by far the most popular blockchain implementation in use today. You can’t read many technology articles or blogs without seeing something about how blockchain changes everything. Although some claims seem to be a little far-fetched, blockchain technology really is a game-changer.
Blockchain, which first burst onto the scene in 2008, has gained global notoriety for what it has already changed and what is coming. At first, blockchain was all about a new type of electronic currency. But now, partially thanks to Ethereum, blockchain ...
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