Blockchain and Ethereum Smart Contract Solution Development

Build decentralized applications with smart contract programming. Following the curriculum from an active blockchain course taught by the author at the McCombs School of Business at the University of Texas, this book fills the gaps for you from learning about basic cryptocurrency uses of blockchain to understanding smart contracts and dapps.

You’ll first start by understanding the basics of blockchain technology. Take a business point of view to discover general concepts about blockchains and dapps or “decentralized apps” built off of smart contracts. Next, learn about the token economy, how to design tokens, and relevant client technologies, such as web3, metamask, and UI/UX design. Then, install a blockchain node yourself.

With a basic understanding of blockchain applications and business uses, you’ll move further into hands-on development. There are ten modules for hands-on smart contract programming covered to build your own decentralized applications. Several team projects built end-to-end from concept to deployment to operation are also provided. Using these models and your own original work, you’ll build a smart contract development environment, practice Solidity programming, compile source code, perform security reviews, and deploy bytecode to blockchains.

The breakthrough in blockchain technology has empowered novel ecosystems and applications in the areas of Decentralized Finance (DeFi), Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC), Non-Fungible Tokens (NFT), Decentralized Autonomous Organization (DAO), and more. Blockchain and Ethereum Smart Contract Solution Development will prepare you to create fantastic applications using Ethereum’s smart contracts and solid concepts of decentralized programming!

WHAT YOU'LL LEARN

* Become familiar with Blockchain technology, both in theory and in practice


* Understand architectural components of blockchain and the underlying computer science


* Implement blockchain smart contract solutions using both public and enterprise Ethereum blockchains



WHO THIS BOOK IS FOR

IT professionals and mid-level managers interested in smart contract development. Blockchain Consultants who want to have a handbook of smart contract development methodologies. And enterprise technologiests helping companies through the transformation to blockchain technologies.

DR.WEIJIA ZHANG teaches a smart contract development course at the University of Texas. Dr. Weijia Zhang has extensive R&D knowledge and engineering experience in blockchain, cognitive sciences, mental modeling, Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD), software modeling, computer technologies, and industrial standards. Weijia has published over thirty research and technical papers and is named as an inventor for over twenty patents, granted and pending, in computer and digital technology. He has also served as a technical committee voting member to publish the Solution Deployment Descriptor (SDD) by the Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards (OASIS).

DR TEJ ANAND is an award-winning business-technology strategist, consultant, and innovator with a passion for conceiving and successfully implementing transformative data-driven business initiatives. He’s known for being a charismatic leader who effectively collaborates across silos to create committed and impactful cross-functional teams. As a published author, adjunct professor, and educator, Dr. Anand also holds multiple patents in healthcare business processes and business intelligence.

CHAPTER 1: BUSINESS AND ECONOMIC MOTIVATION FOR BLOCKCHAIN

● Origin of money

Evolution of fiat currency

Complications with multiparty transactions

Advantages and disadvantages of paper currents

● Current economic inefficiencies

● Blockchain potential

● Quizzes

CHAPTER 2: THE CORE TECHNOLOGIES SUPPORTING BLOCKCHAIN

● Cryptology

● Distributed systems

● Peer-to-peer networking

● Quizzes

CHAPTER 3: BLOCKCHAIN COMPONENTS AND ARCHITECTURE

● Notion of distributed ledgers

● Transactions, blocks, mining

● Smart contracts

● Quizzes

CHAPTER 4: BLOCKCHAIN BUSINESS APPLICATION GUIDELINES

● Selecting a use case

● Design issues

● Quizzes

CHAPTER 5: BITCOIN BLOCKCHAIN IMPLEMENTATION AND ECONOMICS

● Bitcoin system setup

● Programming Assignments

● Quizzes

CHAPTER 6: ETHEREUM OVERVIEW AND ARCHITECTURE

● Blockchain Ecosystem and Dapps

● Assignment: Ethereum Smart contract setup with environments

● geth client, Besu client, Metamask, Remix, Truffle, web3

CHAPTER 7: PROGRAMMING SMART CONTRACT WITH SOLIDITY

● Module 1 Hello World and syntax

● Module 2 data structure

● Module 3 event

● Module 4 security

● Module 5 (Tools, Test, Debug)

● Module 6 (Client consideration)

CHAPTER 8: SECURITY CONSIDERATIONS

CHAPTER 9: LAYER 2, SHARDING, ETH2 TECHNOLOGIES PROJECT DESIGNS

CHAPTER 10: FUNDING A PROJECT

CHAPTER 11: BUILDING TEAM PROJECTS

● Brainstorming

● User stories

● Architecture

● Token and smart contract Design

● Client consideration

● Security review

● Testnet deployment

● Mainnet deployment

● Operation and upgrade consideration

Audience: Intermediate