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Merunas Grincalaitis
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Merunas Grincalaitis

Merunas Grincalaitis, born in Lithuania and based in Spain since he was 4, has worked with blockchain companies all around the world, helping them create ICOs, dApps, MVPs, technical whitepapers, web apps, and audits so that they improve the Ethereum ecosystem with decentralized solutions that return people's trust in themselves. He created one of the first books about Ethereum development, named Ethereum Developer - Learn Solidity From Scratch, which sold a lot of copies worldwide, as a quick guide to provide a bridge for programmers interested in the world of Ethereum and smart contract programming. Currently, he's working on providing free learning resources through his Medium blog to all developers looking for expert guidance.
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Introducing the Ethereum chain specification

The Ethereum chain specification is a format used to describe how the Ethereum blockchain should look. It describes what parameters, components, and elements it should have to actually be considered an Ethereum blockchain, so that you can create your own private Ethereum blockchains with different properties for testing your applications or forking a new version of Ethereum. The spec defines what you need to create your own blockchain. For instance, WhaleCoin used the Ethereum specification to create a new blockchain with the same core technology, but with their own modifications, thanks to the Ethereum chain spec.

It is important to have a clear specification that tells us how to create our own Ethereum-like blockchain, because hard forks are an elemental part of every blockchain, and because advanced developers may feel that they...

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Merunas Grincalaitis

Merunas Grincalaitis, born in Lithuania and based in Spain since he was 4, has worked with blockchain companies all around the world, helping them create ICOs, dApps, MVPs, technical whitepapers, web apps, and audits so that they improve the Ethereum ecosystem with decentralized solutions that return people's trust in themselves. He created one of the first books about Ethereum development, named Ethereum Developer - Learn Solidity From Scratch, which sold a lot of copies worldwide, as a quick guide to provide a bridge for programmers interested in the world of Ethereum and smart contract programming. Currently, he's working on providing free learning resources through his Medium blog to all developers looking for expert guidance.
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