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| Release date | March 2017 |
To those of you who are trading ETH, but aren't as familiar with the underlying tech of Ethereum as you'd like...
Read this book.
I just finished it because I wanted to be sure my foundational knowledge of the tech and Solidity were up to snuff. It's a cross disciplinary explanation of the tech, economics, and use cases of Ethereum. It's not a dry tech-manual, and is a rather quick read.
Side note for the lulz:
If you come from bitcoin land, you'll recognize the author of this upcoming tome.
I picked this book up in March, and I think it's very well done:
Introducing Ethereum and Solidity: Foundations of Cryptocurrency and Blockchain Programming for Beginners
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B06XQFYL2M/ref=oh_aui_d_detailpage_o08_?ie=UTF8&psc=1
Introducing Ethereum and Solidity. Chris Dannen
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B06XQFYL2M/ref=oh_aui_d_detailpage_o01_?ie=UTF8&psc=1
It's absolutely not in that category.
The language isn't obfuscated at all. This is an incredibly new technology, so everything is geared towards those who can contribute to the project. Much of the prerequisite knowledge is implied.
There is countless articles and videos that attempt to explain the platform though. If you are having trouble understanding what these terms mean, you can easily purchase a
book like this.
My ELI5 for smart-contracts would simply be, "You rent your bike to a friend. Using a smart-contract their payment is automatically enforced every week. The smart-contact could also respond to non-payment in a number of ways, such as automatically placing the bike on a rental marketplace".
Whether Etherium succeeds or not, some variation of smart-contracts are likely to be used by major institutions in the distant future.
You can download the Etherium Wallet here where you can at least start taking a look at some dev tools. This was also posted on /r/ethereum yesterday and it mentions Truffle which seems like a pretty great resource. Learning JavaScript will be helpful. Oh, and I just remembered there's a humble bundle happening right now that includes a book on Solidity and Ethereum (although you can get just that book as a Kindle version for ten bucks on Amazon). I haven't personally started doing anything with Solidity though, so I can't vouch for how great these resources are. Just passing along the information that I've seen in the last couple days.
For Video courses, try: https://www.udemy.com/courses/search/?q=solidity&src=ukw
Good intro book: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B06XQFYL2M/ref=oh_aui_search_detailpage?ie=UTF8&psc=1
Then watch out for the Andreas Antonopoulos' Ethereum book coming out later this year.
For the lazy:
Introducing Ethereum and Solidity: Foundations of Cryptocurrency and Blockchain Programming for Beginners by Chris Dannen http://www.amazon.com/dp/B06XQFYL2M/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_udp_api_zY8.yb1RR3MYB
I'm in the same position as you, but I've added these to my reading list:
• The Internet of Money: A collection of talks by Andreas M. Antonopoulos, by Andreas M. Antonopoulos
• Some Blockchain Reading looks like a good reading list, mostly whitepapers
• Introducing Ethereum and Solidity: Foundations of Cryptocurrency and Blockchain Programming for Beginners, by Chris Dannen