To get the most out of this book

• All examples in this book have been developed on Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS (Xenial) and macOS version 10.13.2. As such, it is recommended to use Ubuntu or any other Unix like system. However, any appropriate operating system, either Windows or Linux, can be used, but examples, especially those related to installation, may need to be changed accordingly.
• Examples related to cryptography have been developed using the OpenSSL 1.0.2g 1 Mar 2016 command-line tool.
• Ethereum Solidity examples have been developed using Remix IDE, available online at https://remix.ethereum.org
• Ethereum Byzantine release is used to develop Ethereum-related examples. At the time of writing, this is the latest version available and can be downloaded from https://www.ethereum.org/.
• Examples related to IoT have been developed using a Raspberry Pi kit by Vilros, but any aapropriate latest model or kit can be used. Specifically, Raspberry Pi 3 Model B V 1.2 has been used to build the hardware example of IoT. Node.js V8.9.3 and npm V5.5.1 have been used to download related packages and run Node js server for IoT examples.
• The Truffle framework has been used in some examples of smart contract deployment, and is available at http://truffleframework.com/. Any latest version available via npm should be appropriate.

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Conventions used

There are a number of text conventions used throughout this book.

CodeInText: Indicates code words in text, database table names, folder names, filenames, file extensions, pathnames, dummy URLs, user input, and Twitter handles. Here is an example: "After executing the command, a file named privatekey.pem is produced, which contains the generated private key as follows."

A block of code is set as follows:

pragma solidity ^0.4.0; 
contract TestStruct { 
  struct Trade 
  { 
    uint tradeid; 
    uint quantity; 
    uint price;  
    string trader; 
  } 
 
  //This struct can be initialized and used as below 
 
  Trade tStruct = Trade({tradeid:123, quantity:1, price:1, trader:"equinox"}); 
 
} 

When we wish to draw your attention to a particular part of a code block, the relevant lines or items are set in bold:

pragma solidity ^0.4.0; 
contract TestStruct { 
  struct Trade 
  { 
    uint tradeid; 
    uint quantity; 
    uint price;  
    string trader; 
  } 
 
  //This struct can be initialized and used as below 
 
  Trade tStruct = Trade({tradeid:123, quantity:1, price:1, trader:"equinox"}); 
 
} 

Any command-line input or output is written as follows:

$ sudo apt-get install solc 

Bold: Indicates a new term, an important word, or words that you see onscreen. For example, words in menus or dialog boxes appear in the text like this. Here is an example: "Enter the password and click on SEND TRANSACTION to deploy the contract."

Warnings or important notes appear like this.

Tips and tricks appear like this.