Chapter 15: Ethereum blockchain platform

Jesús Rosa-Bilbao; Juan Boubeta-Puig    UCASE Software Engineering Research Group, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Cadiz, Cádiz, Spain

Abstract

There are several blockchain platforms for developing applications using blockchain technology. These can be classified into open-source and commercial ones. In this chapter, we propose comprehensive learning about Ethereum, one of the well-known open-source platforms for decentralized applications. Among its main advantages, Ethereum has the ability to integrate and use smart contracts, that is, pieces of code that enables the exchange of digital assets between several agents and the execution of code through distributed applications. ...

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