You're reading from Rust for Blockchain Application Development Learn to build decentralized applications on popular blockchain technologies using Rust

Product type Paperback

Published in Apr 2024

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781837634644

Length 392 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Languages

Rust

Tools

Blockchain

Concepts

Application Development

Author (1):

Akhil Sharma

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Table of Contents (19) Chapters

Preface

1. Part 1:Blockchains and Rust

2. Chapter 1: Blockchains with Rust FREE CHAPTER

3. Chapter 2: Rust – Necessary Concepts for Building Blockchains

4. Part 2: Building the Blockchain

5. Chapter 3: Building a Custom Blockchain

6. Chapter 4: Adding More Features to Our Custom Blockchain

7. Chapter 5: Finishing Up Our Custom Blockchain

8. Part 3: Building Apps

9. Chapter 6: Using Foundry to Build on Ethereum

10. Chapter 7: Exploring Solana by Building a dApp

11. Chapter 8: Exploring NEAR by Building a dApp

12. Part 4: Polkadot and Substrate

13. Chapter 9: Exploring Polkadot, Kusama, and Substrate

14. Chapter 10: Hands-On with Substrate

15. Part 5: The Future of Blockchains

16. Chapter 11: Future of Rust for Blockchains

17. Index

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In this section, we will go through all the popular and upcoming blockchains that are using Rust as the primary technology and learn what the future looks like for these blockchains. This will help you understand which particular blockchain you can focus your efforts on and which community would be the most beneficial for you to join. Some of the popular blockchains can be seen in the following figure:

Figure 11.1 – Popular and upcoming blockchains

Popular blockchains

Let’s first start by talking about the blockchains that are already well established and have a great number of users, dApps, and active communities.

Solana

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