We’ve seen how smart contracts can be expressed in code, but how are they executed on the Ethereum network? What happens under the hood that enables the distributed and decentralized execution of smart contracts? In this section, we’ll be looking at the Ethereum Virtual Machine — the heart of Ethereum — which enables the Ethereum blockchain to be programmable.
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- Cryptocurrency and blockchain
- Bitcoin
- Blockchain and Crypto part 2
- Libertarian Dreams
- Pre-Bitcoin
- Bitcoin Precursors
- Bitcoin Invention
- Early Bitcoin
- Bitcoin Bubble and Altcoins
- Bitcoin Headlines
- Scalability
- Bitcoin Struggles to Scale
- Ethereum Timeline
- Ethereum Bubble
- Choosing a Wallet
- Blockchain Community and Politics
- Banks and Blockchain
- State of the Industry
- ICOs
- Industry Projects
- Part 2 Summary
- A Bot Named Willy: Did Mt. Gox’s Automated Trading Pump Bitcoin’s Price?
- The Dao, the Hack, the Soft Fork and the Hard Fork
- Part 3
- Motivations and Definitions
- Motivations and Definitions: Integrity of Information
- Motivations and Definitions: Cryptographic Hash Functions
- Key Properties of Cryptographic Hash Functions
- Key Properties of Cryptographic Hash Functions: Preimage Resistance
- Key Properties of Cryptographic Hash Functions: Second Preimage Resistance
- Key Properties of Cryptographic Hash Functions: Collision Resistance
- Key Properties of Cryptographic Hash Functions: Avalanche Effect
- SHA256d
- Intro: A Tamper-Evident Database
- Tamper-Evidence
- Dissecting a Block
- Dissecting a Block: The Block Header
- Merkle Trees
- Merkle Trees: Tamper Detection
- Merkle Trees: Proof of Inclusion
- Previous Block Hash
- Proof-of-Work: Partial Preimage Hash Puzzle
- Proof-of-Work: Mining
- Proof-of-Work: Block Difficulty
- Proof-of-Work: Coinbase Transaction
- Intro: Signatures and Authentication
- Intro: Bitcoin Script
- Intro to P2PKH
- Part 3 Summary
- Where is Double hashing performed in Bitcoin?
- Bitcoin Wallets Explained: How to Choose the Best Wallet for You
- Tech explained: Hash puzzles and proofs of work
- Part 4
- Intro: Types of Users
- Intro: Wallets
- Intro: Wallet Mechanics
- Intro: Mining
- Mining Incentives: Intro
- Intro: Real World Mining
- Intro: Bitcoin Governance
- Text: Part 4 Summary
- Mining Bitcoin with pencil and paper: 0.67 hashes per day
- ViaBTC Rises: How A Mysterious Miner Could Decide Bitcoin’s Future
- Antbleed: Bitcoin’s Newest New Controversy Explained
- Part 5
- Part 6
- Intro: Smart Contracts
- Intro: Ethereum
- Intro: Ethereum Virtual Machine
- Intro: Ethereum Use Cases
- Basic Use Cases: Smart Assets
- Basic Use Cases: Multisig
- Basic Use Cases: Proof of Existence
- Advanced Use Cases: Land Titles
- Advanced Use Cases: Prediction Markets
- Advanced Use Cases: Supply Chain
- Advanced Use Cases: Smart Energy Grids
- Advanced Use Cases: After Hours Trading
- Blockchain vs. Internet
- Blockchain Generalizations: Part 1
- Blockchain Generalizations: Part 2
- Blockchain Generalizations: Part 3
- Supplement: Use Cases
- Blockchain Use Cases Takeaways
- Intro: Ethereum Ecosystem
- Text: Part 6 Summary
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