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:

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

 Ether Units

 List of Cryptocurrencies

 Ethereum Blockchain

 Ethereum Mist Wallet

 geth - Go Ethereum

 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

 Managing Ethereum Account

 Mining Ether with Your Computer

 Archived Tutorials

 References

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