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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

Chapter 1

  1. In the first chapter, we discussed many different properties of blockchain. Of those properties, immutability and replacing trust are the most unique. If your application needs these properties, then blockchain should be used; otherwise, it is not recommended that you use blockchain as part of your application.
  2. Blockchain is also called distributed database and distributed ledger technology. As it is a distributed database, it offers many benefits, which we discussed in the chapter on the properties of blockchain; however, centralized databases and other kinds of database have their own benefits. For example, centralized databases are fast in transaction processing, they can handle large amounts of data, and keeping each storage cell persistent does not require any kind of fee. Hence, blockchain technology is not going to replace traditional databases.
  3. Blockchain technology...
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