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Ethereum Smart Contract Development

You're reading from  Ethereum Smart Contract Development

Product type Book
Published in Feb 2018
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781788473040
Pages 288 pages
Edition 1st Edition
Languages
Author (1):
Mayukh Mukhopadhyay Mayukh Mukhopadhyay
Profile icon Mayukh Mukhopadhyay

Table of Contents (18) Chapters

Title Page
Dedication
Packt Upsell
Contributors
Preface
Blockchain Basics Grokking Ethereum Hello World of Smart Contracts A Noob's Guide to DApps and DAO Deep-Diving into Smart Contracts Solidity in Depth Primer on Web3.js Developing a Cryptocurrency from Scratch Enterprise Use Cases BaaS and the Dark Web Market Advanced Topics and the Road Ahead Other Books You May Enjoy Index

The notion of decentralization


Why do we need to build something that is decentralized by nature at all?

To understand this, let me walk you through a real-world use case based on a centralized economy with a central authority of control.

Sofia is the owner of a pub in Cardiff, UK. To penetrate the liquor market, she decides to allow her loyal consumers—most of whom are heavy drinkers—to drink now but pay later (DNPL). She keeps track of the pints consumed on a ledger. Sofia's DNPL business model gets rave reviews from her clients, new consumers flood into Sofia's pub, and soon she has the largest sales, volume of any pub in Cardiff.

By providing her clients with freedom from immediate payment, Sofia gets no resistance when she substantially increases her prices for whisky and rum, the most consumed beverages. Her sales, volume increases massively.

A young and dynamic vice president at the local bank recognizes these client debts as valuable future assets and increases Sofia's borrowing limit...

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