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Arjuna Sky Kok
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Arjuna Sky Kok

Arjuna Sky Kok has experience more than 10 years in expressing himself as a software engineer. He has developed web applications using Symfony, Laravel, Ruby on Rails, and Django. He also has built mobile applications on top of Android and iOS platforms. Currently, he is researching Ethereum technology. Other than that, he teaches Android and iOS programming to students. He graduated from Bina Nusantara University with majors in Computer Science and Applied Mathematics. He always strives to become a holistic person by enjoying leisure activities, such as dancing Salsa, learning French, and playing StarCraft 2. He lives quietly in the bustling city of Jakarta. In loving memory of my late brother, Hengdra Santoso (1979-2011).
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Deploying a smart contract with Populus

Populus isn't just a framework designed to easily develop and test a smart contract. It has a tool to deploy a smart contract to a blockchain, including a private chain.

A private chain is basically your private Ethereum blockchain, similar to Ganache, except that you build it yourself. It's like blockchain in the Rinkeby network, but you're the sole miner. You can create a private blockchain manually using geth software; populus just makes it easier for you.

The command to create a new private chain is as follows:

(populus-venv) $ populus chain new localblock

This command will create some files in your project directory. All generated files are located inside the chains directory. One of the files generated is chains/localblock/genesis.json. The purpose of the genesis file is to dictate the initial configuration of the Ethereum...

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Arjuna Sky Kok

Arjuna Sky Kok has experience more than 10 years in expressing himself as a software engineer. He has developed web applications using Symfony, Laravel, Ruby on Rails, and Django. He also has built mobile applications on top of Android and iOS platforms. Currently, he is researching Ethereum technology. Other than that, he teaches Android and iOS programming to students. He graduated from Bina Nusantara University with majors in Computer Science and Applied Mathematics. He always strives to become a holistic person by enjoying leisure activities, such as dancing Salsa, learning French, and playing StarCraft 2. He lives quietly in the bustling city of Jakarta. In loving memory of my late brother, Hengdra Santoso (1979-2011).
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