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Mastering Blockchain, Fourth Edition

You're reading from   Mastering Blockchain, Fourth Edition Inner workings of blockchain, from cryptography and decentralized identities, to DeFi, NFTs and Web3

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Product type Paperback
Published in Mar 2023
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781803241067
Length 818 pages
Edition 4th Edition
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Imran Bashir Imran Bashir
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Table of Contents (24) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Blockchain 101 FREE CHAPTER 2. Decentralization 3. Symmetric Cryptography 4. Asymmetric Cryptography 5. Consensus Algorithms 6. Bitcoin Architecture 7. Bitcoin in Practice 8. Smart Contracts 9. Ethereum Architecture 10. Ethereum in Practice 11. Tools, Languages, and Frameworks for Ethereum Developers 12. Web3 Development Using Ethereum 13. The Merge and Beyond 14. Hyperledger 15. Tokenization 16. Enterprise Blockchain 17. Scalability 18. Blockchain Privacy 19. Blockchain Security 20. Decentralized Identity 21. Decentralized Finance 22. Blockchain Applications and What’s Next 23. Index

Programming with Geth

First, we describe Geth and explore various operations that can be performed using this client.

Installing and configuring the Geth client

The installation procedure detailed at https://geth.ethereum.org/docs/getting-started/installing-geth describes the installation of Ethereum clients on macOS and Linux. Instructions for other operating systems are also available.

Once installation is complete, Geth can be launched simply by issuing the geth command at the terminal. It comes preconfigured with all the required parameters to connect to the live Ethereum network (main net):

$ geth

When the Ethereum client starts up, it starts to synchronize with the rest of the network. There are three types of synchronization mechanisms available, namely, snap, full, and light:

  • Snap: This is the default mode that keeps the most recent 128 blocks’ states in memory, enabling immediate access to transactions in this range. The node in this...
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