Index

A

• access
  • restricting / Restricting access
• access control List (ACL) / Restricting access
• Amazon Eris / Amazon Eris
• Anti-Money-Laundering (AML) / Consortium blockchains
• API structure
  • of Web3.js / API structure of Web3.js
• application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) / Blockchain mining and forking
• Application Binary Interface (ABI) / Remix in a nutshell, Need for solidity, API structure of Web3.js
• application programming interface (API) / Need for solidity
• arbitrage trading
  • for cryptocurrencies / Arbitrage trading for cryptocurrencies
• Association of Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialists (ACAMS) / Dark web marketplace
• authenticity proof / Smart contract auditing and compliance

B

• bandwidth / Swarm
• banking
  • about / Banking and payments
  • use cases / Insurance, Supply chain management, Forecasting and prediction market, Charity, Public benefits, Energy management, Art and music, Retail, Real estate, Cyber security, Crowdfunding
• Basic Banking Account Number (BBAN) / API structure of Web3.js
• Big O notation O( ) / Swarm
• bitcoin improvement proposal (BIP-0001) / Ethereum improvement proposal
• blockchain
  • about / Understanding a blockchain–a developer and trader's perspective, Inside a block, Tangle beyond blockchain
  • mining / Blockchain mining and forking
  • forking / Blockchain mining and forking
  • evolution / Blockchains – evolution, generations, and hype
  • generations / Blockchains – evolution, generations, and hype
  • hype / Blockchains – evolution, generations, and hype
  • types / Types of blockchain
  • private blockchain / Private blockchains
  • public blockchain / Public blockchains
  • consortium blockchain / Consortium blockchains
  • shortcomings / Shortcomings of a blockchain
  • mining-pool oligopoly / Shortcomings of a blockchain
  • demystified / Tangle demystified
  • Iota GitHub analysis / Iota GitHub analysis
  • Iota, purchasing / Purchase and storage of Iota
  • Iota, storing / Purchase and storage of Iota
• blockchain-as-a-service (BaaS)
  • about / Blockchain-as-a-service
  • enterprise platforms / Enterprise platforms for BaaS
  • IBM Hyperledger / IBM Hyperledger
  • Microsoft Azure EBaaS / Microsoft Azure EBaaS
  • Amazon Eris / Amazon Eris
  • dark web marketplace / Dark web marketplace
• Blockchain 1.0 / Blockchains – evolution, generations, and hype
• Blockchain 2.0 / Blockchains – evolution, generations, and hype
• Blockchain 3.0 / Blockchains – evolution, generations, and hype
• Byzantine Generals' Problem
  • about / The Byzantine Generals' Problem
  • strategies / Losing strategy, Winning strategy
• bzzkey / Swarm

C

• CAP theorem
  • about / The CAP theorem
  • consistency / The CAP theorem
  • availability / The CAP theorem
  • partition tolerance / The CAP theorem
• chunks / Swarm
• class properties
  • of contract / Class properties of a contract
• cloud storage / Cloud storage
• coin
  • versus token / Token versus coin
• Coin Offers (ICO) / The rise and fall of DAO
• comments
  • in solidity / Pragma, import, and comments
• consensus
  • in distributed systems / Consensus in distributed systems
• consortium blockchains
  • about / Consortium blockchains
  • R3 Corda, case study / Case study on R3 Corda
• contract
  • class properties / Class properties of a contract
• control flow graph (CFG) / Optimizer and debugging options
• control structures / Expression and control structures
• CorDapp
  • about / Case study on R3 Corda
  • key components / Case study on R3 Corda
• Countering the Financing of Terrorism (CFT) / Consortium blockchains
• Cross-Origin Resourcesharing (CORS) / Running a smart contract using Web3.js
• Crypto2Crypto / Fiat2Crypto and Crypto2Crypto exchange
• Crypto2Fiat / Fiat2Crypto and Crypto2Crypto exchange
• cryptocurrencies
  • arbitrage trading / Arbitrage trading for cryptocurrencies

D

• DApps
  • about / Understanding DApps
  • types / Understanding DApps
  • developing / Steps to develop a DApp
  • architecture / Architecture of a DApp
• data source / Smart contract auditing and compliance
• debugging options / Optimizer and debugging options
• decentralization
  • about / The notion of decentralization
  • architectural axis / The notion of decentralization
  • political axis / The notion of decentralization
  • logical axis / The notion of decentralization
  • for Ethereum / The notion of decentralization
• decentralized applications (DApps) / Decentralized applications
• decentralized autonomous corporations (DACs) / DACs and DAS
• Decentralized Autonomous Organisation (DAO)
  • about / Ethereum block, mining, and forking, The rise and fall of DAO, DACs and DAS
  • design / Understanding the design of DAO
• decentralized autonomous society (DAS) / DACs and DAS
• decrement operations
  • solidity, used / Increment and decrement operations using Solidity
• design patterns
  • about / Common design patterns
  • structural / Common design patterns
  • creational / Common design patterns
  • behavioral / Common design patterns
• distributed hash table (DHT) / Whisper
• distributed systems
  • about / Understanding distributed systems
  • consensus in / Consensus in distributed systems

E

• ERC20 / Smart contract auditing and compliance
• ERC20 token development
  • with Truffle / ERC20 token development using Truffle
• ethercast
  • about / What is ethercast?
  • btcrelay.org / btcrelay.org
  • oraclize.it / oraclize.it
  • the-pitts-circus.com / the-pitts-circus.com
• Ethereum
  • about / Understanding Ethereum
  • client interface classification / The Ethereum wallet and client interface
  • wallet classification / The Ethereum wallet and client interface
• Ethereum block / Ethereum block, mining, and forking
• Ethereum blockchain-as-a-service (EBaaS) / Microsoft Azure EBaaS
• Ethereum ecosystem
  • about / The Ethereum ecosystem
  • mist browser / Mist
  • decentralized applications (DApps) / Decentralized applications
  • middleware / Middleware
  • Web3.js / Web3.js in the Ethereum ecosystem
• Ethereum improvement proposal (EIP)
  • about / Ethereum improvement proposal, Rational behind EIPs
  • types / Types of EIP
  • Standard track EIP / Types of EIP
  • Informational EIP / Types of EIP
  • Meta EIP / Types of EIP
  • life cycle / EIP life cycle
  • template / EIP template
• Ethereum virtual machine (EVM) / Need for solidity
• Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM) / API structure of Web3.js
• events / Events
• EVM / EVM
• expression / Expression and control structures

F

• factory patterns / Factory pattern
• fear-uncertainty-doubt (FUD) / Purchase and storage of Iota
• Fiat2Crypto / Fiat2Crypto and Crypto2Crypto exchange
• functions / Functions

G

• Gang of Four (GoF) / Common design patterns
• GAS-costly pattern checker (GASPER) / Smart contract auditing and compliance
• GitHub
  • issue, raising / Raising an issue on GitHub

H

• hardware clients / Hardware clients and internet
• hash function / Understanding the hash function and the Merkle tree

I

• IBM Hyperledger / IBM Hyperledger
• import statement
  • in solidity / Pragma, import, and comments
• increment operations
  • solidity, used / Increment and decrement operations using Solidity
• Informational EIP / Types of EIP
• inheritance / Inheritance
• initial coin offering (ICO) / The ICO story
• initial public offering (IPO) / The ICO story
• Integrated Development Environment (IDE) / Remix in a nutshell
• Inter-Process Communication (IPC) / Building a private blockchain
• International Banking Account Number (IBAN) / API structure of Web3.js
• internet / Hardware clients and internet
• internet engineering task force (IETF) / Hardware clients and internet
• Internet of Things (IoT)
  • about / Networking and the Internet of Things, Tangle beyond blockchain
  • use cases / Voting, Government, Private transport and ride sharing, Healthcare
• interplanetary file system (IPFS) / Swarm
• inter protocol communication (IPC) / Service setup on the private blockchain
• Iota
  • scalability / Tangle demystified
  • transaction fee / Tangle demystified
  • decentralization / Tangle demystified
  • quantum-immunity / Tangle demystified
  • storing / Purchase and storage of Iota
  • purchasing / Purchase and storage of Iota
• Iota GitHub analysis / Iota GitHub analysis
• Iota reference implementation (IRI) / Iota GitHub analysis
• issue
  • raising, on GitHub / Raising an issue on GitHub
  • identifying / Raising an issue on GitHub
  • logging / Raising an issue on GitHub

J

• JavaScript Object Notation (JSON) / Writing the genesis block, Web3.js in the Ethereum ecosystem

K

• Know-Your-Customer (KYC) / Consortium blockchains

L

• last-in-first-out (LIFO) / EVM
• libraries / Libraries
• Light Ethereum mobile wallet / The Ethereum wallet and client interface
• Limited Liability Company (LLC) / Understanding the design of DAO
• lines of code (Loc) / A smart contract in seven lines of code
• loop
  • coding / Coding a loop

M

• Markov Chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) / Tangle demystified
• merge-mining / Smart contract optimization
• Merkle tree / Understanding the hash function and the Merkle tree
• Meta EIP / Types of EIP
• Microsoft Azure EBaaS / Microsoft Azure EBaaS
• middleware, Ethereum ecosystem
  • Swarm / Middleware, Swarm
  • Whisper / Middleware, Whisper
  • EVM / Middleware, EVM
  • about / Middleware
• miner activated hard fork (MAHF) / Ethereum block, mining, and forking
• mining / Ethereum block, mining, and forking
• mist browser / Mist
• morden / Turing completeness and the magic sauce

N

• networking
  • about / Networking and the Internet of Things
  • use cases / Voting, Government, Private transport and ride sharing, Healthcare
• node
  • Network map / Case study on R3 Corda
  • Notary / Case study on R3 Corda
  • Oracle / Case study on R3 Corda
  • Regular mode / Case study on R3 Corda
• nutshell
  • remix in / Remix in a nutshell

O

• optimizer / Optimizer and debugging options
• ownership contract
  • designing / Designing an ownership contract

P

• Parity
  • about / Parity hack demystified
  • reference link / Parity hack demystified
• parity hack / Parity hack returns
• Parity wallet hack
  • flaws, analyzing / Parity hack demystified
• Patricia tree
  • insertion demo / Ethereum block, mining, and forking
• payments
  • about / Banking and payments
  • use cases / Insurance, Supply chain management, Forecasting and prediction market, Charity, Public benefits, Energy management, Art and music, Retail, Real estate, Cyber security, Crowdfunding
• Practical Algorithm to Retrieve Information Coded in Alphanumeric (PATRICIA) / Ethereum block, mining, and forking
• pragma directive
  • of solidity / Pragma, import, and comments
• privacy / Playful privacy
• private blockchain
  • smart contract / Smart contract on a private blockchain
  • genesis block, writing / Writing the genesis block
  • building / Building a private blockchain
  • MIST browser, connecting geth used / Connecting MIST browser using geth
  • ethers, mining / Mining ethers in a private blockchain
  • smart contract, deploying / Deploying smart contracts on our private chain
  • about / Private blockchains
• program counter (pc) / EVM
• public blockchain
  • limitations / Consortium blockchains
• Python enhancement proposal (PEP-0001) / Ethereum improvement proposal

Q

• query / Smart contract auditing and compliance

R

• R3 Corda
  • case study / Case study on R3 Corda
• radio frequency identification (RFID) / Supply chain management
• random access memory (RAM) / Ethereum block, mining, and forking
• registries / Registries
• remix
  • in nutshell / Remix in a nutshell
• Remote procedure calls (RPC) / Web3.js in the Ethereum ecosystem
• remote procedure calls (rpc) / Architecture of a DApp
• request for comments (RC) / Types of EIP
• Request for Comments (RFC) / Web3.js in the Ethereum ecosystem
• Ropsten / Turing completeness and the magic sauce

S

• sharding / Smart contract optimization
• smart contract
  • lines of code (Loc) / A smart contract in seven lines of code
  • on private blockchain / Smart contract on a private blockchain
  • about / What makes a contract "smart"?
  • definition / Definition and design
  • design / Definition and design, Basic anatomy of a smart contract design
  • code / Role of code in a smart contract
  • optimization / Smart contract optimization
  • auditing / Smart contract auditing and compliance
  • running, Web3.js used / Running a smart contract using Web3.js
  • use cases / Smart contract use cases, Insurance, Trade finance, Derivatives, Securities, Accounts, Digital identity, Record-keeping, Loans and mortgages, Legal, Supply chain, Clinical trials, Terminal disease research, Decentralized microblogging, Administrative and security constraints, Service setup on the private blockchain
• solidity
  • used, for increment operations / Increment and decrement operations using Solidity
  • used, for decrement operations / Increment and decrement operations using Solidity
  • need for / Need for solidity
  • features / Nuances, syntax, and features of solidity
  • syntax / Nuances, syntax, and features of solidity
  • pragma directive / Pragma, import, and comments
  • import statement / Pragma, import, and comments
  • comments / Pragma, import, and comments
• Standard track EIP
  • about / Types of EIP
  • core / Types of EIP
  • networking / Types of EIP
  • interface / Types of EIP
  • ERC / Types of EIP
• storage / Swarm
• Swarm / Swarm

T

• token
  • versus coin / Token versus coin
• token systems
  • about / Token systems
  • factory patterns / Factory pattern
  • registries / Registries
  • voting systems / Voting systems
• trader's perspective / Understanding a blockchain–a developer and trader's perspective
• transaction
  • public blockchain / Public blockchains
• Truffle
  • about / ERC20 token development using Truffle
  • used, for developing ERC20 token / ERC20 token development using Truffle
• trusted execution environment (TEE) / Smart contract auditing and compliance
• Turing complete programming languages / Turing completeness and the magic sauce
• tweets
  • reading / Reading tweets
• TwtAccount.sol / TwtAccount.sol
• TwtRegistry.sol / TwtRegistry.sol

U

• uniform resource locator (URL) / Swarm
• units / Units and variables
• user defined functions (UDF) / Turing completeness and the magic sauce

V

• variables / Units and variables
• voting DApp
  • designing / Designing a voting DApp
  • functions / Designing a voting DApp
• voting systems
  • about / Voting systems
  • voter / Voting systems
  • authenticator / Voting systems
  • user / Voting systems
  • election officer / Voting systems
  • administrator / Voting systems
  • researcher / Voting systems
  • database / Voting systems

W

• web3.bzz module
  • API sub-modules / API structure of Web3.js
• web3.eth module
  • API sub-modules / API structure of Web3.js
• Web3.js
  • in Ethereum ecosystem / Web3.js in the Ethereum ecosystem
  • used, for running smart contract / Running a smart contract using Web3.js
  • API structure / API structure of Web3.js
• web3.utils module
  • API sub-modules / API structure of Web3.js
• Whisper / Whisper