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

blockchain bitcoin
May 29 '18 at 15:02 CPereez19 2,615
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What is Geth's “fast” sync, and why is it faster?

go-ethereum blockchain synchronization fast-sync
Jul 22 at 10:36 eth♦ 69.5k
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What is Geth's “light” sync, and why is it so fast?

go-ethereum synchronization light-clients fast-sync
Mar 4 '18 at 19:59 ivicaa 6,731
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What is Whisper and what is it used for?

dapps whisper shh
May 11 '16 at 15:05 Afr 29.2k
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How does Ethereum deal with blockchain scalability?

scalability
May 26 '18 at 20:52 CPereez19 2,615
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How do I remove accounts using the Geth console?

go-ethereum accounts
Feb 9 '20 at 17:17 matiullah 1
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By what mechanism are ASIC-based miners made less favourable?

mining asics
Mar 27 '17 at 8:21 Maran 1,765
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What is formal verification, and why is it important for smart contracts?

solidity contract-development contract-design
Mar 19 '18 at 20:56 Kevin Larson 97
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What is the difference between a smart contract and a DAO?

contract-design dao
Jun 7 '16 at 7:56 Community♦ 1
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If the supply of Ether is finite, are there any mechanisms to deter hoarding?

ether exchanges
Mar 6 '17 at 18:20 Rob Hitchens 44.2k
 
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Why isn't Ethereum Frontier a “safe” platform?

frontier
Feb 3 '16 at 11:45 eth♦ 69.5k
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Corruption on data-block while synchronising

go-ethereum blockchain synchronization leveldb
Jun 18 '17 at 6:57 HandleThatError 101
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Why do some blocks contain no transactions?

go-ethereum transactions blockchain coinbase
Feb 20 '16 at 22:32 Community♦ 1
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How do I tell whether the Mist/Wallet is “fast” or “full” syncing?

go-ethereum blockchain fast-sync
Feb 19 '18 at 13:30 Nicolas Massart 5,767
 
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Why is Geth's “fast” sync now the default, whereas before it wasn't?

go-ethereum synchronization fast-sync
Apr 26 '17 at 19:10 Richard Horrocks 30.2k
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What is actually removed during a contract suicide, and why doesn't this cause the blockchain to change?

blockchain contract-design selfdestruct
Nov 9 '17 at 20:08 Eugene 199
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What are the relationships between Geth's different development branches?

go-ethereum repositories ppa
Nov 27 '16 at 22:32 eth♦ 69.5k
 
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Will contracts on Frontier be wiped before the move to Homestead?

frontier homestead greeter
Feb 17 '16 at 0:46 Community♦ 1
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Could a contract with enough Gas DDoS the network?

gas transactions
Jan 21 '16 at 14:17 Taylor Gerring 8,310
 
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What is the difference between “eth.accounts” and “web3.eth.accounts”?

go-ethereum accounts web3js
Mar 14 '18 at 5:37 Nitish Bhushan 1
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How many Ethereum-based tokens are there?

tokens erc-20
Nov 28 '17 at 21:04 Richard Horrocks 30.2k
 
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Does Eth have an equivalent to Geth's --fast flag?

blockchain cpp-ethereum
Feb 21 '16 at 19:00 chriseth 2,932
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Why was the Constantinople hard fork postponed?

hardforks upgrading constantinople
Jan 16 '19 at 22:45 Rob Hitchens 44.2k
 
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How do I install Mist from the pre-built binaries on 32-bit Linux?

mist ethereum-wallet-dapp
Apr 30 '16 at 20:53 The Officious BokkyPooBah 37k
 
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Greeter variables are all undefined and contract doesn't run

go-ethereum contract-deployment greeter
Apr 9 '16 at 1:31 Community♦ 1
 
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Is there a comprehensive reference list of all Serpent commands?

solidity serpent
Mar 30 '16 at 4:36 Hudson Jameson 4,023
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How to update Geth on Ubuntu without using the PPA

go-ethereum homestead linux installation ubuntu
Mar 16 '16 at 10:24 Afr 29.2k
 
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Block data duplication when moving from Geth to Eth (or vice versa) [duplicate]

go-ethereum blockchain cpp-ethereum
Feb 21 '16 at 8:54 Richard Horrocks 30.2k
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