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What is Ethereum development?

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What is Ethereum development?

Ethereum is an open source decentralised blockchain platform and enables the development of smart contracts and applications. The native cryptocurrency of this platform is called Ether. It is the second-largest blockchain in the world as of April 2021.


Ethereum development involves building smart contracts which are used in the workings of most of the cryptocurrencies. Smart contracts are actually executable programs that work on Ethereum. These are written using Solidity programming language


Ethereum development 


Smart contracts work as open source libraries and open APIs. They provide public functions that allow the users and applications to interact. You can add new smart contracts on Ethereum to meet the needs of your applications. 


For an application to interact with the Ethereum blockchain it has to be connected to an Ethereum node. This will allow you to read the blockchain data and send transactions over a network. When you connect your application to the Ethereum node your application will be able to read data from the blockchain and start new transactions over the network.


Ethereum has convenience libraries which allow your applications to connect and interact with the Ethereum blockchain. They help to eliminate the complexities of interacting with the Ethereum node directly and also provide utility functions.


At the top of all this there are the user-oriented applications. Ethereum app development mainly involves web and mobile applications.

 

For development on Ethereum you will have to contact companies offering Ethereum development services. They can help you to build smart contracts and decentralised applications.

 

Ethereum smart contract used in practice


Banks can code their services as tractional protocols and deploy them as decentralised apps. Some of the banks are exploring the possibilities of setting up blockchain labs and creating PoCs using smart contracts. 


Ethereum’s smart contract standard for non-fungible tokens is called ERC-721. These tokens are unique and can be sold for money on virtual marketplaces. As new developers entered the ERC-721 contracts increased rapidly.

 

Escrow services on Ethereum network enable secure payments across a variety of platforms. Smart contracts ensure that the funds are transferred only if certain conditions are met. You can pay for your online shopping using the Escrow services.


Decentralised financing is a new concept but there are test networks running on Ethereum for almost four years. 


Ethereum has been used as a backbone of many blockchain based IoT systems. You can use Ether to manage your IoT devices using an Ethereum wallet.

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