In the last two chapters, we learned how to read from and write to the Ethereum network. Reads can be made as regular calls to contracts, or by querying logged events, while writes are always performed in the context of a transaction. However, these operations only accommodate for basic use cases. If we want to display aggregate data from the blockchain, querying events client-side quickly falls short. Similarly, if we want to store large amounts of information in a contract, gas costs make it economically infeasible. In this chapter, we will work with ...
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S. PalladinoEthereum for Web Developershttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-5278-9_66. Indexing and Storage
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