blockchain-dev-meetup-basel

Contents for Basel Blockchain for Developers Meetup

Here you can find the documentation/resources and links needed for our group Meetups. Topics are:

• Blockchain
• Ethereum
• Smart Contracts
• Bitcoin
• Cryptography
• Hyperleger
• IOTA

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Links & definitions for Ethereum

• Ethereum:

blockchain on which you can build decentralized applications (smart contracts) https://ethereum.org

• Ether:

Ethereum base cryptocurrency (base token). https://ethereum.org/ether

• Geth:

client software provided by the Ethereum written in Go with the the following components: -Daemon: downloads a copy of the blockchain, interacts with other nodes, mines, validates & executes transactions, exposes API ( RPC) -Console: command line console, connect to an active nodes, and execute commands ( create accounts..) https://ethereum.org/cli

• Mainnet:

The live Ethereum blockchain which works using ether https://www.ethernodes.org/network/1 https://etherscan.io

• Testnet:

A real Ethereum blockchain which works using test ethers and is used by developers for testing application. https://www.ethernodes.org/network/2

• MIST:

User freindly Ehtereum Client (GUI), includes geth https://github.com/ethereum/mist

• TestRPC:

a local simulation of an Ethereum Blockchain ( virtual) https://github.com/ethereumjs/testrpc

• Web3.js:

javascript library to interact with the nodes and which eases the use of RPC https://github.com/ethereum/wiki/wiki/JavaScript-API

• Solidity:

programming language to write smart contracts on the Ethereum blockchain (compiled to Ethereum Virtual Machine byte code) https://solidity.readthedocs.io/en/develop/ https://github.com/ConsenSys/smart-contract-best-practices

• Remix:

A Browser based IDE for Solidity https://remix.ethereum.org/#version=soljson-v0.4.17+commit.bdeb9e52.js download https://github.com/ethereum/browser-solidity

• DApp:

A Smart Contract on the Blockchain + Application ( UI+logic usually in HTML + JavaScript) http://ethdocs.org/en/latest/contracts-and-transactions/developer-tools.html Live Dapps: https://www.stateofthedapps.com

• IPFS:
  A peer-to-peer distributed file system

• Total Ether Supply:

https://etherscan.io/stat/supply The current issuance rate is known: 5 ETH every ~15 seconds (Bitcoin is currently 25 BTC every ~10mins). https://www.coindesk.com/what-to-know-trading-ethereum/ http://blockchain.info https://btc.com https://btc.com/stats/pool?pool_mode=year

• Tutorials:

http://remix.readthedocs.io/en/latest/tutorial_mist.html