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Advanced Concepts

Where the Ethereum Protocol is going, and where it came from

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A book introducing Ethereum and Solidity would not be complete without mention of the nascent cult of personality forming around Vitalik Buterin, the inventor of Ethereum and a collaborator on a handful of other high-profile blockchain projects.

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Dannen, C. (2017). Advanced Concepts. In: Introducing Ethereum and Solidity. Apress, Berkeley, CA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-2535-6_11

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