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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

Introduction to Blockchain

Blockchain technology was born with the invention of Bitcoin—a new form of peer-to-peer (P2P) electronic cash—back in 2008. The Bitcoin white paper was released on October 31, 2008 and the first release of Bitcoin came on January 3, 2009. The blockchain space is still a toddler in terms of adoption and the tools available. It has some unique properties that did not exist before in any of the previous systems or software applications. The most important property of blockchain is establishing trust between two or multiple parties without needing any intermediaries, which opens a new era in programming.

Ethereum is one of the implementations of blockchain. Ethereum is an open source, public, and distributed computing platform. On Ethereum, developers can deploy smart contracts written in the Solidity...

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Mastering Blockchain Programming with Solidity
Published in: Aug 2019
Publisher: Packt
ISBN-13: 9781839218262
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