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solidity× 8081
a contract-oriented, high-level language whose syntax is similar to that of JavaScript and it is designed for writing smart contracts in Ethereum to run on the EVM.
Solidity is statical…
web3js× 3605
Javascript API and library for Ethereum
To develop applications on Ethereum, you can use the web3 object provided by the web3.js library. Under the hood it communicates to a local node through RPC ca…
truffle× 2011
Questions regarding the implementation and use of the Truffle development and testing environment.
transactions× 1744
used in Ethereum to refer to the signed data package that stores a message to be sent from an externally owned account.
blockchain× 1679
a distributed database based on the Ethereum whitepaper specification and stores both the full transaction list and the most recent state.
remix× 1558
Questions about Remix, an online browser compiler for Solidity, formerly called Browser Solidity.
tokens× 1337
a transferable, divisible object on the blockchain, such as a subcurrency or a prediction market share.
erc-20× 1121
a set of 8 functions to be included (in an agreed upon language) in a smart token contract in order to enable interoperability across multiple interfaces and dapps. These f…
contract-deployment× 960
The act of pushing a compiled smart contract in byte code to the Ethereum blockchain.
private-blockchain× 921
not available for the public and are maintained/secured by a cluster of trusted nodes. These kind of blockchains are useful when dealing with sensitive information.
mining× 908
the process by which it is ensured that the blockchain is the same across all nodes. A miner that solves a cryptological problem related to the previous transactions on the blockchain is rew…
gas× 882
a 'sub-currency' which enables the EVM and Ethereum's decentralised computer to run -- with each operation, an amount of gas (proportional to the computational effort required to perform the op…
wallets× 877
applications on top of accounts, so called smart contracts, which manage your Ether. There are simple savings wallets or multisignature wallets.
contract-invocation× 781
Questions regarding the act of calling or interacting with (a.k.a. invoking) a contract on the Ethereum blockchain by a user or another contract on the blockchain. Includes both local invocation by ca…
parity× 766
an Ethereum client, written from the ground-up for correctness-verifiability, modularization, low-footprint, and high-performance. To this end, it utilizes the Rust language, a hybrid impera…
dapps× 661
Questions about applications and projects on Ethereum: a decentralized application (dapp) does not require any servers or backends and runs independent on a distributed blockchain.
ethereum-wallet-dapp× 652
Tag for the questions related to the deployment of the contracts using Ethereum wallet.
dapp-development× 604
Questions regarding the development of decentralized applications (a.k.a. DApps). This can include everything from frontend development questions to interaction with the blockchain and distributed fil…
javascript× 599
a dynamic, weakly-typed language used for client-side as well as server-side scripting.
events× 508
Solidity events and logging problems. Events allow the convenient usage of the EVM logging facilities, which in turn can be used to “call” JavaScript callbacks in the user interface of a dapp, which l…
security× 503
Questions relating to application security, safety, trust, and attacks against the Ethereum software stack and blockchain system.
evm× 488
the Ethereum Virtual Machine, the protected, distributed "sandbox area" (virtual machine) where contract execution occurs, replicated on every node in the network. EVM is also the name of the b…
synchronization× 483
the process where your node / client (geth, Ethereum Wallet, etc) receives the most up to date data from the Ethereum blockchain.
etherscan× 478
a search engine that allows Ethereum blockchain users to look up, confirm and validate transactions that have taken place on the blockchain.
contract-debugging× 465
questions for finding and squashing bugs in smart contracts and decentralized development
nodejs× 433
a platform built on Chrome's JavaScript runtime for easily building fast and scalable network applications.
testrpc× 431
Questions related to the test RPC client/simulator https://github.com/ethereumjs/testrpc
accounts× 431
Ethereum has two types of accounts: externally owned user accounts, controlled by private keys, and contract accounts, controlled by their contract code.
