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Executive Summary
Our Ethereum research report dives deep into what is often seen as one of the most exciting blockchain projects in technology today.
You'll find many fascinating aspects of the ecosystem covered, including 12 of the ecosystem's most exciting startups as well as an explanation of some of technical challenges that lie ahead for the project.
Highlights include:
- A beginner’s guide to learning Solidity – ethereum’s new programming language
- A step-by-step guide to how prediction market Augur uses Ethereum today
- A visual timeline of key milestones in ethereum’s development
- Easy-to-read descriptions of ethereum’s technical components
- Data on current ethereum network performance
- Overviews of 12 of the ecosystem’s most exciting startups
- Reviews of 4 technical challenges ahead for ethereum.
Report published: 24th June 2016
Table of Contents
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What is Ethereum?4
- Vision5
- Project Origins6
- Key Milestones7
- Total Supply Chain Upgrade16
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Building Blocks8
- Linguistics & Scripting8
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The Ethereum Blockchain9
- Block Size10
- Blockchain Size10
- Block Times10
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Consensus Algorithm9
- Transaction Validators12
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The Ethereum Virtual Machine12
- Solidity13
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Supporting Protocols13
- Whisper13
- Swarm14
- Oracles14
- Mist14
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Supply, Trading & Availability15
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Overview15
- Inflation Rate15
- Gas15
- Economic Structures16
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Trading16
- Price16
- Market Dynamics17
- China18
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Adoption20
- Node Distribution22
- Developer Activity22
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Overview15
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Platform Functions & Use Cases23
- Smart Contracts23
- DAOs23
- Dapps24
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Technical Improvements (Challenges)25
- Scripting25
- The Price of Gas25
- Mining Centralization26
- Turing Completeness27
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Ethereum 2.0 (Solutions)28
- Proof-of-Stake28
- Casper29
- State Channels29
- Sharding30
- Development Timeline30
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Technical Infrastructure & Key Players32
- Developer Leads32
- The Ethereum Foundation33
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Decentralized Projects35
- The DAO35
- Other DAOs36
- Augur36
- Startups38
- Conclusion45
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Appendix: Getting Started With Ethereum46
- Writing Solidity47
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