Blockchain applications provide a single-shared ledger to eliminate trust issues involving multiple stakeholders. It is the main technical innovation of Bitcoin, where it serves as the public ledger for Bitcoin transactions.

Blockchain Developer's Guide takes you through the electrifying world of blockchain technology. It begins with the basic design of a blockchain and elaborates concepts, such as Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs), tokens, smart contracts, and other related terminologies. You will then explore the components of Ethereum, such as Ether tokens, transactions, and smart contracts that you need to build simple DApps.

Blockchain Developer's Guide also explains why you must specifically use Solidity for Ethereum-based projects and lets you explore different blockchains with easy-to-follow examples. You will learn a wide range of concepts - beginning with cryptography in cryptocurrencies and including ether security, mining, and smart contracts. You will learn how to use web sockets and various API services for Ethereum.

By the end of this Learning Path, you will be able to build efficient decentralized applications.

This Learning Path includes content from the following Packt products:

Blockchain Quick Reference by Brenn Hill, Samanyu Chopra, Paul Valencourt

Building Blockchain Projects by Narayan Prusty

What you will learn

Understand how various components of the blockchain architecture work

Get familiar with cryptography and the mechanics behind blockchain

Apply consensus protocol to determine the business sustainability

Understand what ICOs and crypto-mining are, and how they work

Who this book is for

Blockchain Developer's Guide is for you if you want to get to grips with the blockchain technology and develop your own distributed applications. It is also designed for those who want to polish their existing knowledge regarding the various pillars of the blockchain ecosystem. Prior exposure to an object-oriented programming language such as JavaScript is needed.

Table of Contents

Blockchain 101

Components and Structure of Blockchain

Decentralization Versus Distributed Systems

Cryptography and Mechanics Behind Blockchain

Bitcoin

Altcoins

Achieving Consensus

Advanced Blockchain Concepts

Cryptocurrency Wallets

Alternate Blockchains

Hyperledger and Enterprise Blockchains

Ethereum 101

Solidity 101

Smart Contracts

Ethereum Accounts and Ether Tokens

Decentralized Applications

Mining

ICO 101

Creating Your Own Currency

Scalability and Other Challenges

Future of Blockchain

Understanding Decentralized Applications

Understanding How Ethereum Works

Writing Smart Contracts

Getting Started with web3.js

Building a Wallet Service

Building a Smart Contract Deployment Platform

Building a Betting App

Building Enterprise Level Smart Contracts

Building a Consortium Blockchain

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