Название: Mastering Ethereum: Implementing Smart Contracts, 2nd Edition (Final Release)
Автор: Andreas M. Antonopoulos, Gavin Wood, Carlo Parisi, Alessandro Mazza, Niccolò Pozzolini
Издательство: O’Reilly Media, Inc.
Год: 2026
Страниц: 500
Язык: английский
Формат: epub
Размер: 14.0 MB

As the first blockchain platform to introduce the concept of smart contracts, Ethereum serves as the gateway to a worldwide, decentralized computing paradigm. With this practical guide, Carlo Parisi, Alessandro Mazza, and Niccolo Pozzolini provide everything you need to know about building smart contracts and DApps on Ethereum and other virtual-machine blockchains.

You'll find comprehensive coverage of Ethereum's internal workings to help you understand not just the how but also the why of Ethereum's innovative technology. You'll dive deep into the architecture and operational mechanics of Ethereum by learning essential knowledge for building and interacting effectively with DApps and smart contracts on Ethereum and similar virtual-machine blockchains.

Run an Ethereum client, create and transmit basic transactions, and program smart contracts
Learn the essentials of public key cryptography, hashes, and digital signatures
Understand how "wallets" hold digital keys that control funds and smart contracts
Interact with Ethereum clients programmatically using jаvascript libraries and remote procedure call interfaces
Learn security best practices, design patterns, and antipatterns with real-world examples
Build simple decentralized applications using multiple peer-to-peer components
Learn the essentials about DeFi and zero knowledge proofs
Understand how the Consensus of Ethereum works and the challenges it presents
Read and write basic Solidity and Vyper code

Intended Audience:
This book is mostly intended for everyone. This book will teach you how smart contract blockchains work, how to use them, and how to develop smart contracts and decentralized applications with them. The first few chapters are also suitable as an in-depth introduction to Ethereum for beginners.

Code Examples:
The examples are illustrated in Solidity, Vyper, and jаvascript, using the command line of a Unix-like operating system. All the code snippets can be replicated on most operating systems with a minimal installation of compilers, interpreters, and libraries for the corresponding languages. Where necessary, we provide basic installation instructions and step-by-step examples of the output of those instructions.

All the code snippets use real values and calculations where possible, so you can build from example to example and see the same results in any code you write to calculate the same values. For example, the private keys and corresponding public keys and addresses are all real. The sample transactions, contracts, blocks, and blockchain references have all been introduced to the actual Ethereum blockchain and are part of the public ledger, so you can review them.