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What is meant by the term "gas"?

answered Jan 20, 2016 at 17:51

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Why does Ethereum plan to move to Proof of Stake?

answered Jan 20, 2016 at 19:19

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What are the limitations to estimateGas and when would its estimate be considerably wrong?

answered Jan 23, 2016 at 23:24

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For pool mining, what exactly is a share?

answered Jul 22, 2017 at 5:25

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What proof of work function does Ethereum use?

answered Jan 23, 2016 at 17:22

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What is a sidechain?

answered Jan 22, 2016 at 23:56

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Where is the private key for a contract stored?

answered Jan 21, 2016 at 7:05

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Why don't Ethereum addresses have checksums?

answered Jan 22, 2016 at 1:10

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Can a contract safely rely on block.timestamp?

answered Jan 22, 2016 at 23:31

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What's the difference between proof of stake and proof of work?

answered Jan 21, 2016 at 8:49

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When can BLOCKHASH be safely used for a random number? When would it be unsafe?

answered Jan 22, 2016 at 23:03

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How would I explain Ethereum to a non-technical friend?

answered Jan 20, 2016 at 23:32

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How does Oraclize handle the TLSnotary secret?

answered Feb 27, 2016 at 19:05

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Security measures to overcome 51% attack

answered Jan 24, 2016 at 7:55

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What is the current DAG size? When do we expect to hit GPU limits?

answered Jan 23, 2016 at 20:21

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What is a blockchain? What is the concept behind it?

answered Jan 23, 2016 at 19:22

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Constructors of inherited contracts in Solidity

answered Jun 15, 2017 at 1:13

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During a 51% attack, What Can the Attacker Actually Accomplish?

answered Jan 24, 2016 at 7:12

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How will regular users be able to use dApps without buying ether?

answered Jan 23, 2016 at 21:43

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What are State Channels and use case/code examples?

answered Jan 23, 2016 at 19:55

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What are the trade-offs between Ethereum's public chain and private, permissioned chains?

answered Jan 25, 2016 at 2:32

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Did I generate an existing Ethereum address in Parity?

answered May 19, 2017 at 18:11

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Is it possible to tell whether an address is mist, mew or parity?

answered Jun 7, 2017 at 20:34

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Are there any public/free nodes to connect a Dapp front end?

answered Jan 24, 2016 at 9:29

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What are the critiques of Ethereum made by Bitcoin experts? And which ones do not apply to Bitcoin?

answered Jan 23, 2016 at 22:36

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How can I compare two consensus protocols?

answered Jan 21, 2016 at 6:27

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How can I handle computationally expensive operations on the blockchain?

answered Jan 20, 2016 at 18:10

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Are there any best practices for optimizing computations?

answered Jan 20, 2016 at 18:33

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What usecases do private blockchains have?

answered Jan 25, 2016 at 2:09

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How does Ethereum avoid mining pool centralization?

answered Jan 24, 2016 at 9:00

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37 Answers

What is meant by the term "gas"?

Why does Ethereum plan to move to Proof of Stake?

What are the limitations to estimateGas and when would its estimate be considerably wrong?

For pool mining, what exactly is a share?

What proof of work function does Ethereum use?

What is a sidechain?

Where is the private key for a contract stored?

Why don't Ethereum addresses have checksums?

Can a contract safely rely on block.timestamp?

What's the difference between proof of stake and proof of work?

When can BLOCKHASH be safely used for a random number? When would it be unsafe?

How would I explain Ethereum to a non-technical friend?

How does Oraclize handle the TLSnotary secret?

Security measures to overcome 51% attack

What is the current DAG size? When do we expect to hit GPU limits?

What is a blockchain? What is the concept behind it?

Constructors of inherited contracts in Solidity

During a 51% attack, What Can the Attacker Actually Accomplish?

How will regular users be able to use dApps without buying ether?

What are State Channels and use case/code examples?

What are the trade-offs between Ethereum's public chain and private, permissioned chains?

Did I generate an existing Ethereum address in Parity?

Is it possible to tell whether an address is mist, mew or parity?

Are there any public/free nodes to connect a Dapp front end?

What are the critiques of Ethereum made by Bitcoin experts? And which ones do not apply to Bitcoin?

How can I compare two consensus protocols?

How can I handle computationally expensive operations on the blockchain?

Are there any best practices for optimizing computations?

What usecases do private blockchains have?

How does Ethereum avoid mining pool centralization?