Learn Ethereum: A practical guide to help developers set up and run decentralized applications with Ethereum 2.0

Explore the Beacon chain, Ethereum's PoS consensus, and the upcoming merge of Eth1 and Eth2, along with the challenges of scaling Ethereum and an overview of L1 and L2 scaling solutions

Key Features

• Learn new development with Ethereum 2.0, the planned merge of Eth1 and Eth2
• Build, develop and test end-to-end Ethereum Dapps using solidity, Node.js, and web3.js
• Setup Private Blockchains with Ethereum and delve into the Ethereum wallets system

Book Description

Ethereum is a blockchain-based, decentralized computing platform that allows the running of smart contracts. This book covers the latest Ethereum tools, frameworks, wallets, and second layers. It also demonstrates setting up and running Decentralized Applications with Ethereum and Smart contracts with end-to-end development experience.

Learn Ethereum 2nd Edition offers a comprehensive overview of the Ethereum ecosystem, covering its concept, mechanism, and decentralized application development. It delves into Ethereum internals, technologies, and tools, including Ethereum 2.0 and Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM), gas, and account systems. The book also discusses Ethereum's transition to proof of stake, L1/L2 scaling solutions, DeFi protocols, and the current marketplace. It explores EVM-compatible blockchains, connectivity techniques, and advanced topics such as sharding, off-chain scaling, DAOs, Metaverse, and NFTs.

By the end of this book, you will not only be able to learn Ethereum basic and advanced topics with the latest developments but also to write smart contracts and develop, test, and deploy Dapps using various tools, wallets, and frameworks.

What you will learn

• Understand the Blockchain, cryptocurrency concepts, and architectures
• Explore the Decentralized Finance protocols
• Understand how EVM Compatible Blockchain Networks work
• Learn about the latest Developments in Ethereum
• Use Solidity and Web3 API Fundamentals on Blockchain Framework
• Develop your own cryptocurrency
• Develop your own Smart contracts and NFT Marketplace Dapps
• Set up Ethereum Private Chain

Who This Book Is For

This book is for blockchain developers and architects who want to learn the Ethereum blockchain fundamentals and get started with building real-world decentralized applications using Solidity. The book doesn’t need you to have prior knowledge of Ethereum. You can learn Ethereum from scratch by using this book. However, knowledge of an object-oriented programming language such as JavaScript will be useful but not mandatory.

Table of Contents

1. Blockchain and Cryptocurrency
2. Ethereum Architecture and Ecosystem
3. Decentralized Finance
4. EVM-Compatible Blockchain Networks
5. Deep Research and Latest Development on Ethereum
6. Fundamentals of Solidity
7. Web3 API Fundamentals
8. Developing Your Own Cryptocurrency
9. Smart Contract Development and Test Fundamentals
10. Writing Front End to build the NFT Marketplace DApps
11. Ethereum Tools and Frameworks
12. Setting up an Ethereum Private Chain
13. Deployment of Your DApps
14. Build Ethereum Wallets
15. Oracles, Cross Chain and Layer2 in Practice
16. Conclusion

Xun (Brian) Wu is a senior blockchain architect and consultant. With over 20 years of hands-on experience across various technologies, including Blockchain, big data, cloud, AI, systems, and infrastructure, Brian has worked on more than 50 projects in his career.He has authored nine books, which have been published by O'Reilly, Packt, and Apress, focusing on popular fields within the Blockchain industry. The titles of his books include: Learn Ethereum (First Edition), Learn Ethereum (Second Edition), Blockchain for Teens, Hands-On Smart Contract Development with Hyperledger Fabric V2, Hyperledger Cookbook, Blockchain Quick Start Guide, Security Tokens and Stablecoins Quick Start Guide, Blockchain by Example, and Seven NoSQL Databases in a Week.

Zhihong Zou is an innovative technology leader with over 20 years of experience delivering cutting-edge enterprise solutions. He has led transformative solutions in telecommunications, healthcare, and government that leverage blockchain, AI/ML, and modern cloud architectures to solve complex business challenges. As an insightful visionary and trusted advisor, Zhihong is passionate about driving digital transformation and future-proofing organizations. He holds an M.Sc degree in computational mathematics and an M.Sc in computer science.Zhihong has authored multiple papers on numerical computing and two popular editions of the book Learn Ethereum. In his free time, Zhihong enjoys sharing his blockchain expertise as an advocate and writer.

Dongying Song has been a noteworthy leader in Blockchain, Ethereum, big data, ML, data science, and the cloud application development space for over 8 years. As an experienced software engineer and data scientist, she has worked for top-tier banks and pharmaceutical and technology companies. Dongying holds a master's degree in statistics from Columbia University and majored in mathematics during her undergraduate years. Her recent activities focus on Blockchain, Ethereum, and smart contract developments.