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Mastering Ethereum

You're reading from   Mastering Ethereum Implement advanced blockchain applications using Ethereum-supported tools, services, and protocols

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Product type Paperback
Published in Apr 2019
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781789531374
Length 490 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Merunas Grincalaitis Merunas Grincalaitis
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Table of Contents (17) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Section 1: Blockchain - Ethereum Refresher FREE CHAPTER
2. Blockchain Architecture 3. Ethereum Ecosystems 4. Ethereum Assets 5. Section 2: Decentralized Application Development Workflow
6. Mastering Smart Contracts 7. Mastering dApps 8. Tools, Frameworks, Components, and Services 9. Deployment on Testnet 10. Various dApps Integrations 11. Decentralized Exchanges Workflow 12. Section 3: Ethereum Implementations
13. Machine Learning on the Ethereum Blockchain 14. Creating a Blockchain-based Social Media Platform 15. Creating a Blockchain-Based E-Commerce Marketplace 16. Other Books You May Enjoy

Blockchain economics

The interesting thing about cryptocurrencies is the fact that they combine technology with real assets that have value in the real world. For the first time in history, we are able to create digital money that runs completely on its own. Historically speaking, money was always backed by a centralized government where they controlled the supply and demand. They were the only ones capable of printing money in order to control inflation.

Understanding inflation

In simple terms, inflation is the increase in price that all assets in the economy suffer. For instance, a house in 1890 would normally cost about $10,000 dollars, but the same house now costs about $350,000 dollars, even though it got older –...

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