Tag Archives: Ethereum
Understanding Ethereum – Top 10+ Free Web Resources (Books, PDFs)
Ethereum is a Blockchain app platform that maintains a secure decentralized generalized transaction ledger and runs smart contracts. Smart contracts are, primarily, apps/programs which run on decentralized network and carry out transactions (manipulate digital unit of value) based on pre-defined contracts. Understanding Ethereum is key for blockchain developers as it has become a shared global infrastructure for moving value around and representing the ownership of property with the help of smart contracts. In this post, you will get some good URLs/links to pages (or PDFs) on the internet which provides good read/help docs for understanding Ethereum and get started with it in an easy manner. Ethereum Website Help Documentation: Provides detailed information on Ethereum. Right from the horses’ mouth …
Blockchain Usecase – Airline Booking and Baggage Tracking
Blockchain is all out there to disrupt different industries requiring greater security (trust), traceability and transparency. Be it supply chain, manufacturing, logistics, real-estate, energy, airline industry etc. Here is another Blockchain use case in relation with Airline booking, baggage tracking, putting travel itinerary on Blockchain. Airlines such as Air New Zealand and Luftansa is exploring Blockchain to enhance / improve security and efficiency of services such as booking (rebooking) and baggage tracking. Blockchain would help connect suppliers such as airlines and hotels directly to sellers, allowing companies to bypass third-party vendors. Both Airline companies such as Air New Zealand and Luftansa has entered into strategic partnership with Winding Tree, a …
Ethereum Installation Issue – Missing MSVCR120.dll
This blog represents tips to fix the “missing MSVCR120.dll from your computer” when one tries to start the just installed Ethereum MIX IDE from this page. All that one requires to do is download and install Visual C++ redistributable packages for Visual Studio 2013 from this link: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=40784 and you should be all set. After installation, try starting MIX by clicking on AlethZero and you should be all set.
Blockchain – Ethereum Hello World with Visual Studio
This article represents tips on how to get started with Ethereum Hello World program with Visual Studio. Please feel free to comment/suggest if I missed to mention one or more important points. Also, sorry for the typos. Following are the key steps: Download Visual Studio community version from Visual Studio Download page. This is a very small file. However, once you click on this file, it starts downloading and installing the Visual Studio IDE which is 8 GB large file. So, have patience. Once completed, it will be installed. Start the Visual studio. For the first time, it takes considerable file to start. So, have patience. Download the extension from …
I found it very helpful. However the differences are not too understandable for me