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Introductions
Intro to Ethereum
An introduction to blockchain and Ethereum
Intro to Ether
An introduction to cryptocurrency and Ether
Intro to dapps
An introduction to decentralized applications
Intro to the stack
An introduction to the Ethereum stack
Web2 vs Web3
How the web3 world of development is different
Programming languages
Using Ethereum with familiar languages
Doge using dapps
Fundamentals
Accounts
Contracts or people on the network
Transactions
The way Ethereum state changes
Blocks
Batches of transactions added to the blockchain
The Ethereum virtual machine (EVM)
The computer that processes transactions
Gas
Ether needed to power transactions
Nodes and clients
How blocks and transactions are verified in the network
Networks
An overview of Mainnet and the test networks
Mining
How new blocks are created and consensus was reached using proof-of-work
Mining algorithms
Information on Ethereum's mining algorithms
The stack
Smart contracts
The logic behind dapps – self-executing agreements
Development frameworks
Tools for helping speed up development
JavaScript libraries
Using JavaScript to interact with smart contracts
Backend APIs
Using libraries to interact with smart contracts
Block explorers
Your portal to Ethereum data
Smart contract security
Security measures to consider during development of smart contracts
Storage
How to handle dapp storage
Development environments
IDEs that are suitable for dapp development
Advanced
Token standards
An overview of accepted token standards
Maximal extractable value (MEV)
An introduction to maximal extractable value (MEV)
Oracles
Getting off-chain data into your smart contracts
Scaling
Solutions for faster transactions
Networking Layer
Introduction to the Ethereum networking layer
Data structures and encoding
Introduction to the data structures and encoding schema used in the Ethereum stack