You're reading from The Essential Guide to Web3 Develop, deploy, and manage distributed applications on the Ethereum network

Product type Paperback

Published in Nov 2023

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781801813471

Length 366 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Tools

Ethereum

Concepts

Blockchain

Author (1):

Vijay Krishnan

View More author details

Table of Contents (25) Chapters

Preface

1. Part 1 – Introduction to Web3 FREE CHAPTER

2. Chapter 1: Fundamentals of Blockchain and Web3

3. Chapter 2: Getting Started With Ethereum

4. Chapter 3: Your First Ethereum Transaction

5. Part 2 – All about Smart Contracts

6. Chapter 4: Introduction to Smart Contracts

7. Chapter 5: Creating and Deploying Your First Smart Contract

8. Chapter 6: Smart Contract Security and Access Controls

9. Part 3 – Writing Your DApps for Web3

10. Chapter 7: Developer Tools and Libraries for Web3 Development

11. Chapter 8: Writing and Testing Your First dApp on Web3

12. Part 4 – Fungible Tokens

13. Chapter 9: Introduction to Tokenization

14. Chapter 10: Creating Your First Token

15. Part 5 – Non-Fungible Tokens

16. Chapter 11: Non-Fungible Token Standards

17. Chapter 12: Creating Your First Non-Fungible Token

18. Part 6 – Web3 Advanced Topics

19. Chapter 13: Understanding Oracles

20. Chapter 14: Zero-Knowledge Proofs and Zero-Knowledge EVMs

21. Chapter 15: L2 Networks and Rollups

22. Chapter 16: Decentralized Autonomous Organizations – Overview

23. Index

Why subscribe?

24. Other Books You May Enjoy

Getting started with Ethereum

Let’s start with Ethereum. The book focuses on Ethereum as the preferred blockchain for Web3, and all examples and code samples will be using the Ethereum blockchain.

Ethereum is a unique open source and decentralized blockchain platform that enables users and developers to create smart contracts and decentralized applications (dApps). It features its own cryptocurrency, called Ether (ETH), which is the mode of payment for transactions and computational work on the network.

Ethereum was first proposed in 2013 by Vitalik Buterin, a Canadian–Russian programmer, and was officially launched on July 30, 2015. Buterin had previously worked on Bitcoin (BTC) but became convinced that the blockchain technology could be used for more than just a digital currency.

Buterin published the Ethereum white paper (https://ethereum.org/en/whitepaper/), which outlined his vision for a decentralized platform that would allow developers and users to create...