Smart Contract storage

Question

I was about to create my first smart contract which I came across these questions:

1. Where exactly the contract code gets stored, I read that it kind of stores in blockchain so does that mean every node that has an instance of a full blockchain has the contract code too?

2. Should a miner in order to mine a new block first run all the contract calls and set the values and then start too looking for POW puzzle solving and nonce value, and if so then can we have ASIC miners for ethereum like bitcoin, because they can do only a specific job but running a contract codes are different every time?

3. When a miner wants to verify a transaction which has a contract call should it run the contract code? if so, does it mean that each contract gets to run multiple time until finally one miner can find the right nonce and solve the pow puzzle? if that's true it means the contract code gets to run many times unnecessarily?

4. Where do the values of contract variables store, I mean if we have a solidity mapping it can contain lots of key values, so where does this key, values stores? if they store in blockchain then they should be stored in every node that has a copy of blockchain which means a massive data gets to store over and over and over again, and that would be such a storage waste

5. When a contract Self-destructs what exactly happens, it mentioned that the code will be removed from blockchain, so does it mean a transaction make it unavailable for following transactions or it really really alter the blockchain and remove it coded from older blocks?

Answer 1

Where exactly the contract code get stored, i read that it kind of stores in block chain, so does that mean every node that has a instance of a full block chain has the contract code too??

The state gets stored in the blockchain, yes. You are also correct in saying that every full-node has a copy of the entire blockchain, including all the states.

Should a miner in order to mine a new block first run all the contract calls and set the values and then start too looking for POW puzzle solving and nonce value, and if so then can we have ASIC miners for ethereum like bitcoin, because they can do only a specific job but running a contract codes are different every time??

The miners job is to simply solve the POW puzzle. When they do that, they have the ability to mine the block. They now choose which transactions they want included in that specific block. These transactions define all the state changes that were made, so the miner technically doesn't have to look into that.

In terms of the ASIC question, Ethereum POW was designed to be memory-hard, meaning that it is difficult for ASICs to mine.

When a miner wants to verify a transaction which has a contract call should it run the contract code?? if so, does it mean that each contract gets to run multiple time until finally one miner can find the right nonce and solve the pow puzzle? if thats true it means the contract code gets to run many times unnecessarily?

See my answer above as the answer to this question as well. To summarize, the miner simply chooses a transaction. The reason it doesn't get run multiple times is because there is only one miner that finds the block first and gets rewarded for it. This is the only miner that broadcasts the transaction, as well as the contract calls, to the Ethereum network.

Where does the values of contract variables store, i mean if we have a solidity mapping it can contains lots of key values, so where does this key, values stores?? if they store in block chain then they should be stored in every node that has a copy of block chain which means a massive data gets to store over and over and over again, and that would be such a storage waste

See answer one. You are correct—blockchains (as they stand) are quite inefficient and slow, and each node does hold a copy of this state.

When a contract Self-destructs what exactly happens, it mentioned that the code will be removed from block chain, so does it mean a transaction make it unavailable for following transactions or it really really alter the block chain and remove it coded from older blocks??

It does not alter the blockchain, as that is impossible. What it does do (without getting too technical) is disallows anybody from calling that contract again. The best example to look at is the Parity wallet exploit, as it is a critical example of the usage of selfdestruct.