Ethereum Blockchain: Decentralized Applications and Smart Contracts in the Cardano Blockchain Platform
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Chapters Brief Overview:
1: Ethereum: Introduces Ethereum's role in decentralizing trust and authority structures.
2: Smart contract: Explains automated agreements and their implications for political transparency.
3: 0x (decentralized exchange infrastructure): Details trustless trading and its impact on financial sovereignty.
4: Decentralized application: Covers dApps’ power in redefining public services and community governance.
5: Uniswap: Showcases peertopeer finance as a model of decentralized political economy.
6: Kevin Abosch: Explores blockchain art to reflect on identity, value, and digital ownership.
7: CryptoPunks: Looks at digital personas and their symbolism in decentralized culture.
8: ERC721: Examines token standards enabling unique identity and asset verification.
9: Solana (blockchain platform): Presents an alternative model of scalable, decentralized innovation.
10: Nonfungible token: Describes NFTs' potential in protecting intellectual and political rights.
11: Decentralized autonomous organization: Unpacks DAOs as experiments in transparent, leaderless governance.
12: Blockchain: Explains foundational blockchain mechanics influencing new political architectures.
13: Cryptoeconomics: Shows how economic incentives can replace political enforcement in decentralized systems.
14: Cardano (blockchain platform): Highlights Cardano’s scientific approach to secure political and financial systems.
15: Colored Coins: Discusses early efforts to map realworld value and politics onto blockchain.
16: William Entriken: Focuses on ERC721’s coauthor and the political implications of technical standards.
17: Tron (blockchain): Analyzes Tron’s mediacentric vision for decentralized content governance.
18: Decentralized finance: Reviews DeFi’s role in bypassing centralized financial authorities.
19: CryptoKitties: Uses playful blockchain apps to discuss scarcity, ownership, and value creation.
20: Ethereum Classic: Explores divergence in blockchain ideology and the politics of immutability.
21: Cryptocurrency: Summarizes digital currencies as tools of political independence and economic reform.
This book is more than a technical guide—it is a lens to view the unfolding evolution of political science through decentralized systems. If you're seeking to understand how blockchain intersects with power, law, and economics, this book is your essential gateway.
