What Is Ethereum? What Is Ethereum? Ethereum is often described as “the world computer.” But what does that mean? Let’s start with a computer science–focused description, and t...
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Interacting with the Contract Viewing the Contract Address in a Block Explorer Funding the Contract Withdrawing from Our Contract Interacting with the Contract Let’s recap w...
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Controversy and Competition Controversy and Competition At this point you might be wondering: Why do we need so many different consensus algorithms? Which one works better? The...
Casper: Ethereum’s Proof-of-Stake Algorithm Casper: Ethereum’s Proof-of-Stake Algorithm Casper is the proposed name for Ethereum’s PoS consensus algorithm. It is still under ac...
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