Introduction to Blockchain and Ethereum

Build distributed applications that resolve data ownership issues when working with transactions between multiple parties
Key Features
Explore a perfect balance between theories and hands-on activities

Discover popular Blockchain use cases such as Bitcoin

Create your first smart contract in Solidity for Ethereum


Book Description
Blockchain applications provide a single-shared ledger to eliminate trust issues involving multiple stakeholders. With the help of Introduction to Blockchain and Ethereum, you'll learn how to create distributed Blockchain applications which do not depend on a central server or datacenter. The course begins by explaining Bitcoin, Altcoins, and Ethereum, followed by taking you through distributed programming using the Solidity language on the Ethereum Blockchain. By the end of this course, you'll be able to write, compile, and deploy your own smart contracts to the Ethereum Blockchain.

What you will learn
Grasp Blockchain concepts such as private and public keys, addresses, wallets, and hashes

Send and analyze transactions in the Ethereum Rinkeby test network

Compile and deploy your own ERC20-compliant smart contracts and tokens

Test your smart contracts using MyEtherWallet

Create a distributed web interface for your contract

Combine Solidity and JavaScript to create your very own decentralized application


Who this book is for
Introduction to Blockchain and Ethereum is ideal for you if you want to get to grips with Blockchain technology and develop your own distributed applications with smart contracts written in Solidity. Prior exposure to an object-oriented programming language such as JavaScript is needed, as you'll cover the basics before getting straight to work.