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Mastering Blockchain Programming with Solidity

You're reading from   Mastering Blockchain Programming with Solidity Write production-ready smart contracts for Ethereum blockchain with Solidity

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Product type Paperback
Published in Aug 2019
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781839218262
Length 486 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Jitendra Chittoda Jitendra Chittoda
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Table of Contents (21) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Section 1: Getting Started with Blockchain, Ethereum, and Solidity
2. Introduction to Blockchain FREE CHAPTER 3. Getting Started with Solidity 4. Control Structures and Contracts 5. Section 2: Deep Dive into Development Tools
6. Learning MetaMask and Remix 7. Using Ganache and the Truffle Framework 8. Taking Advantage of Code Quality Tools 9. Section 3: Mastering ERC Standards and Libraries
10. ERC20 Token Standard 11. ERC721 Non-Fungible Token Standard 12. Deep Dive into the OpenZeppelin Library 13. Using Multisig Wallets 14. Upgradable Contracts Using ZeppelinOS 15. Building Your Own Token 16. Section 4: Design Patterns and Best Practices
17. Solidity Design Patterns 18. Tips, Tricks, and Security Best Practices 19. Assessments 20. Other Books You May Enjoy

Crowdsale

By using crowdsale, we can receive funding from anyone who has ether. A crowdsale is a way of getting ether into the contract and, in return, minting new tokens for these investors. These newly minted tokens may or may not be like the shares of traditional stock markets.

However, this is the part of token economics in which there are some different classifications of tokens, such as security tokens and utility tokens:

  • Security tokens: These types of tokens are sort of like traditional shares of the stock market. For example, the holders of these tokens get the dividend or profit share of the company that raised the funds and minted tokens for investors. These tokens may or may not support burning the tokens; however, they are linked to the company's performance and their revenue growth. As the company gets an increase in profit, it is shared between the...
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