Ethereum represents the gateway to a worldwide, decentralized computing paradigm. This platform enables you to run decentralized applications (DApps) and smart contracts that have no central points of failure or control, integrate with a payment network, and operate on an open blockchain. With this practical guide, Andreas M. Antonopoulos and Gavin Wood provide everything you need to know about building smart contracts and DApps on Ethereum and other virtual-machine blockchains.

Discover why IBM, Microsoft, NASDAQ, and hundreds of other organizations are experimenting with Ethereum. This essential guide shows you how to develop the skills necessary to be an innovator in this growing and exciting new industry.

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 JavaScript libraries and Remote Procedure Call interfaces
Learn security best practices, design patterns, and anti-patterns with real-world examples
Create tokens that represent assets, shares, votes, or access control rights
Build decentralized applications using multiple peer-to-peer (P2P) components

About the Author

Andreas M. Antonopoulos is a critically acclaimed bestselling author, speaker, and educator, and one of the world's foremost Bitcoin and open blockchain experts. Andreas makes complex subjects accessible and easy to understand. He's well-known for delivering electric talks that take blockchain's complex issues out of the abstract and into the real world.

Gavin Wood is co-founder and former CTO of Ethereum and inventor of the Solidity contract-oriented language. He is also founder and president of Web3 Foundation, founder and CTO of Parity Technologies, and advisor and founder of organizations including Grid Singularity, Blockchain Capital, Polychain Capital and Melonport.

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