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Hands-On Blockchain for Python Developers

You're reading from Hands-On Blockchain for Python Developers Gain blockchain programming skills to build decentralized applications using Python

Product type Paperback

Published in Feb 2019

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781788627856

Length 450 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Languages

Python

Tools

Blockchain

Concepts

Blockchain

Author (1):

Arjuna Sky Kok

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Table of Contents (19) Chapters

Preface

1. Section 1: Blockchain and Smart Contracts

2. Introduction to Blockchain Programming FREE CHAPTER

3. Smart Contract Fundamentals

4. Implementing Smart Contracts Using Vyper

5. Section 2: Web3 and Populus

6. Interacting with Smart Contracts Using Web3

7. Populus Development Framework

8. Building a Practical Decentralized Application

9. Section 3: Frontend Decentralized Applications

10. Frontend Decentralized Application

11. Section 4: Cryptocurrency and Wallets

12. Creating Token in Ethereum

13. Cryptocurrency Wallet

14. Section 5: Decentralized Filesystem

15. InterPlanetary - A Brave New File System

16. Using ipfsapi to Interact with IPFS

17. Implementing a Decentralized Application Using IPFS

18. Other Books You May Enjoy

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Ethereum yellow paper: https://ethereum.github.io/yellowpaper/paper.pdf

Ethereum white paper: https://github.com/ethereum/wiki/wiki/White-Paper

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Authors (1)

Arjuna Sky Kok

Arjuna Sky Kok

Arjuna Sky Kok is a skilled quantitative software engineer with a passion for all things related to finance and technology. He lives in Jakarta, where he studied mathematics and programming at a university. Arjuna's academic achievements include double degrees in Computer Science and Mathematics. Right now, he's focusing his talent in the crypto space. He believes that DeFi and NFTs will serve as the foundation for future finance, and he also has a keen interest in AI, especially Large Language Models (LLM). Outside his job, he enjoys watching anime and climbing mountains.

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