Ethereum Smart Contract Development

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 developer's 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. You'll learn about hash functions, Merkle trees, forking, mining, and much more. Then you'll learn about Ethereum and smart contracts, and we'll cover Ethereum virtual machine (EVM) in detail. Next, you'll get acquainted with DApps and DAOs and see how they work. We'll also delve into the mechanisms of advanced smart contracts, taking a practical approach.

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