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The Essential Guide to Web3

You're reading from   The Essential Guide to Web3 Develop, deploy, and manage distributed applications on the Ethereum network

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Product type Paperback
Published in Nov 2023
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781801813471
Length 366 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Vijay Krishnan Vijay Krishnan
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Table of Contents (25) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Part 1 – Introduction to Web3 FREE CHAPTER
2. Chapter 1: Fundamentals of Blockchain and Web3 3. Chapter 2: Getting Started With Ethereum 4. Chapter 3: Your First Ethereum Transaction 5. Part 2 – All about Smart Contracts
6. Chapter 4: Introduction to Smart Contracts 7. Chapter 5: Creating and Deploying Your First Smart Contract 8. Chapter 6: Smart Contract Security and Access Controls 9. Part 3 – Writing Your DApps for Web3
10. Chapter 7: Developer Tools and Libraries for Web3 Development 11. Chapter 8: Writing and Testing Your First dApp on Web3 12. Part 4 – Fungible Tokens
13. Chapter 9: Introduction to Tokenization 14. Chapter 10: Creating Your First Token 15. Part 5 – Non-Fungible Tokens
16. Chapter 11: Non-Fungible Token Standards 17. Chapter 12: Creating Your First Non-Fungible Token 18. Part 6 – Web3 Advanced Topics
19. Chapter 13: Understanding Oracles 20. Chapter 14: Zero-Knowledge Proofs and Zero-Knowledge EVMs 21. Chapter 15: L2 Networks and Rollups 22. Chapter 16: Decentralized Autonomous Organizations – Overview 23. Index 24. Other Books You May Enjoy

Summary

In this chapter, we got into the core of Web3 development. We learned about the different Ethereum clients and some of the widely used libraries. We also learned about testnets and how to access them. We saw a couple of development frameworks for Web3, including Hardhat, which we are already familiar with and will be using most of the time in this book. However, getting familiar with Hardhat is something I strongly recommend. Then, we learned about node providers and the pros and cons of hosting a node. We also created an account with Infura so that we can use it in our exercises moving forward. Finally, we learned about IPFS, a distributed storage service, and how it made a huge impact on the NFT economy.

While talking about IPFS, we uncovered its purpose and use cases. We also explained the life cycle of data in IPFS and covered the steps involved in adding, pinning, retrieving, verifying, and removing data. Finally, we learned about IPFS gateways, including their advantages...

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