Ethereum Smart Contract Development : Build blockchain-based decentralized applications using solidity

Become an Ethereum Blockchain developer using a blend of concepts and hands-on implementations

Key Features

• Understand the Ethereum Ecosystem and its differences from its rich cousin Bitcoin
• Explore the Solidity programming language and smart contract optimizations
• Get a developers perspective of Blockchain-as-a-technology with exposure to common challenges faced while building decentralized applications

Book Description

Ethereum is a public, blockchain-based distributed computing platform featuring smart contract functionality. This book is your one-stop guide to blockchain and Ethereum smart contract development.

We start by introducing you to the basics of blockchain. Youll learn about hash functions, Merkle trees, forking, mining, and much more. Then youll learn about Ethereum and smart contracts, and well cover Ethereum virtual machine (EVM) in detail. Next, youll get acquainted with DApps and DAOs and see how they work. Well also delve into the mechanisms of advanced smart contracts, taking a practical approach.

Youll also learn how to develop your own cryptocurrency from scratch in order to understand the business behind ICO. Further on, youll get to know the key concepts of the Solidity programming language, enabling you to build decentralized blockchain-based applications. Well also look at enterprise use cases, where youll build a decentralized microblogging site.

At the end of this book, we discuss blockchain-as-a-service, the dark web marketplace, and various advanced topics so you can get well versed with the blockchain principles and ecosystem.

What you will learn

• Know how to build your own smart contracts and cryptocurrencies
• Understand the Solidity language
• Find out about data types, control structure, functions, inheritance, mathematical operations, and much more
• See the various types of forks and discover how they are related to Ethereum
• Get to know the various concepts of web3.js and its APIs so you can build client-side apps
• Build a DAO from scratch and acquire basic knowledge of DApps on Ethercast
• Be guided through the project so you can optimize EVM for smart contracts
• Build your own decentralized applications (DApps) by taking a practical approach