This is the Blockchain Guide

This documentation is currently in version 1.0-alpha any comments and suggestions can be referred to Firescar96 at nchinda2@gmail.com.

The goal of this documentation is to introduce you to blockchain technology and get you started writing smart contracts for Ethereum. Writing smart contracts requires thinking in a way unique from other systems as it also requires understanding of the benefits and limitations of the blockchain technology the smart contracts run on. This guide assumes the reader is a proficient coder in any other programming language, but does is not familiar with blockchain technology.

Contents:

• Cryptology Primer
  • Alice and Bob
  • Cryptographic Primitives and Data Structures
  • Public-key Cryptography
  • Signing
  • Encryption
  • Diffie-Hellman Key Exchange
  • Merkel Trees
  • Game Theory
  • Decentralize all The Things
  • A) Schnorr Signatures
  • B) RSA
  • C) Diffie-Hellman Key Exchange
• Bitcoin and the Blockchain
• In depth about Blockchain Technology
  • Trust
  • Chain Reorgs
  • Types of Nodes
  • Private vs Public Blockchains
  • Failure Modes
  • Consensus Algorithms
• Limitations of the Blockchain
  • Virtual Machines
  • Size
  • Latency and Consistency
  • Legality
  • The World Outside the Blockchain
  • Identity
• Ethereum
  • Wallets and Interacting with the Ethereum Blockchain
  • Setting up Development environments
  • Solidity Basics
  • Interacting with your contract - Resources
  • Security
  • Testing
  • Extra Data
• Solidity
• Solidity Challenges
• Failure By Example
  • TheDAO
  • Ethereum Naming Service (ENS) launch
  • Gnosis Token sale