What Is Ethereum

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∟Introduction of Ethereum

∟What Is Ethereum

This section describes what is Ethereum.

Ethereum is a blockchain-based distributed computing platform. Ethereum was proposed in 2013 by Vitalik Buterin, and released in 2015.

Main features of Ethereum:

Ether - Ether is a cryptocurrency and payment system operated on Ethereum, which thereby provides a public distributed ledger for transactions.
Virtual Machine - The Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM) is the runtime environment for smart contracts in Ethereum. It is a 256-bit register stack, designed to run the same code exactly as intended. It is the fundamental consensus mechanism for Ethereum.
Smart contracts - Ethereum's smart contracts are based on different computer language, which developers use to program their own functionalities. Smart contracts are high-level programming abstractions that are compiled down to EVM bytecode and deployed to the Ethereum blockchain for execution.
Applications - Ethereum blockchain applications are usually referred to as DApps (decentralized application), since they are based on the decentralized Ethereum Virtual Machine,

For more information on Ethereum, see Ethereum Website at https://www.ethereum.org/.

Table of Contents

About This Book

►Introduction of Ethereum

►What Is Ethereum

Ether Market Price Value

List of Cryptocurrencies

Ethereum Blockchain

Ethereum Mist Wallet

geth - Go Ethereum

Deprecated: Testnet - Ropsten Network

Private Ethereum Network

64-Bit "geth" for Private Ethereum Network

Private Network with Custom Genesis Block

Transferring Funds between Ether Accounts

MetaMask - Browser Based Ethereum Wallet

Using MetaMask Wallet

Getting Free Ether on Test Networks

Managing Ethereum Account

Mining Ether with Your Computer

Archived Tutorials

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