Ethereum update: Good morning, r/ethereum; everything you need to know in this thread; read me <3
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## Getting Started
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### What is Ethereum?
Ethereum is a cutting-edge blockchain-based distributed computing platform, featuring smart contract functionality. It provides a decentralized virtual machine, the Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM), that can execute peer-to-peer contracts using a crypto-fuel called _Ether_.
– General [White Paper](https://github.com/ethereum/wiki/wiki/White-Paper), Technical [Yellow Paper](https://ethereum.github.io/yellowpaper/paper.pdf) (pdf)
– [Ethereum the world computer](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j23HnORQXvs) (video)
– [Gavin Wood’s Ethereum vision at Devcon 0](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_BvvUlKDqp0) (video)
– [Vitalik Buterin’s Ethereum introduction at Devcon 1](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gjwr-7PgpN8) (video)
– [Joseph Lubin’s interview on building decentralized applications](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MgLmY9oedTM) (video)
– [BBC explains Ethereum](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0X33lgMbvdI) (video)
– [Techcrunch on Ethereum](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WfULutvxvzY) (video)
– [ELI5 attempts](https://www.reddit.com/r/ethereum/comments/60hhjm/eli5_what_is_ethereum/), [this one is pretty good](https://np.reddit.com/r/ethtrader/comments/6gkd6v/welcome_to_rethtrader_new_people_let_me_save_you/dir6ah6/) 🙂
– Ethereum: [A Visual Explanation](http://veenspace.com/ethereum).
### Where do I start?
You want to start by getting yourself set up with a wallet. You have some choices:
– [Download the Mist Wallet](https://github.com/ethereum/mist/releases/latest) powered by a [Geth node](https://github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/)
– [Download the Fether Light-Wallet](https://github.com/paritytech/fether/releases/latest) powered by a [Parity-Ethereum node](https://parity.io)
– [Download the Harmony Wallet](https://github.com/ether-camp/ethereum-harmony/releases/latest) powered by an [EthereumJ node](https://github.com/ethereum/ethereumj/)
– [Install the MetaMask Chrome extension](https://metamask.io/)
– [Use the client-side account manager MyCrypto](https://mycrypto.com/) or [MyEtherWallet](https://www.myetherwallet.com)
– [**Secure your keys** with Ledger Nano S](https://www.ledgerwallet.com/apps/ethereum) or [Trezor hardware wallets](https://blog.trezor.io/trezor-integration-with-myetherwallet-3e217a652e08)
### What next?
Get Ether, write smart contracts, build DApps, and dive into Ethereum:
– [Read a **beginner’s guide** to Ethereum](https://blog.coinbase.com/a-beginners-guide-to-ethereum-46dd486ceecf) (by Coinbase)
– [Get the current week’s news in Ethereum](http://www.weekinethereum.com/) or [the DApp Daily](https://dappdaily.com/)
– [Find out **how to buy Ether**](https://ethereum.stackexchange.com/q/1915) or [compute your GPU’s mining profitability](https://badmofo.github.io/ethereum-mining-calculator/)
– [Build your own crypto-currency with Ethereum](https://www.ethereum.org/token)
– [Raise funds from friends without a third party](https://www.ethereum.org/crowdsale)
– [Build a democracy on the blockchain](https://www.ethereum.org/dao)
– [Build **your first DApp** in ten steps](https://paritytech.github.io/wiki/Dapp-Tutorial)
– [Monitor the network status](https://ethstats.net/) ([mirror](http://stats.parity.io/)) and [the gas price market](http://ethgasstation.info/)
– [Read the documentation](http://ethdocs.org/en/latest/) (for Homestead)
– [Check out some **DApps**, that run on Ethereum](http://dapps.ethercasts.com/)
– [Learn **Solidity**, an Ethereum smart contract language](https://solidity.readthedocs.io/)
– [Ask questions at **Ethereum Stack Exchange**](http://ethereum.stackexchange.com/)
– [Live chat with Ethereum developer teams on Gitter](https://gitter.im/orgs/ethereum/rooms)
– [Join the Ethereum community chat on Discord](https://discord.gg/srKTm5S)
– [Check out Ethereum **Meetups** in your area](https://www.meetup.com/topics/ethereum/)
### I want more in-depth details!
The annual Ethereum Developer Conference (Devcon):
– [Devcon 0 (Berlin, 2014) talks and videos](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_BvvUlKDqp0&list=PLJqWcTqh_zKEjpSej3ddtDOKPRGl_7MhS)
– [Devcon 1 (London, 2015) talks and videos](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BUARih8_f68&list=PLJqWcTqh_zKHQUFX4IaVjWjfT2tbS4NVk)
– [Devcon 2 (Shanghai, 2016) talks and videos](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1wayaZ1-iBE&list=PLaM7G4Llrb7xqzgOwbvNv63_KM7VH84Rd)
– [Devcon 3 (Cancún, 2017) talks and videos](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNOfzGXD_C9YMYmnefmPH0g/search?query=devcon+3)
– [**Devcon 4** (Prague, 2018) infos and registration](https://devcon4.ethereum.org/)
Other conferences, workshops, meetups, or tutorials:
– [Community Ethereum Development Conference](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5NL-IbFyN72qme66EqX5-A/videos) ([**EDCON**](https://edcon.io/))
– Ethereum Community Conference ([**EthCC**](https://ethcc.io/))
– Global network of Ethereum Hackathons ([**ETHGlobal**](https://ethglobal.co/))
– [ETHSandFrancisco](https://ethsanfrancisco.com/) Oct 5-7, 2018
– [ETHBerlin](https://ethberlin.com/) Sept 7-9, 2018
– [ETHIndia](https://ethindia.co/) Aug 10-12, 2018
– [ETHBuenosAires](https://ethbuenosaires.com/) May 25-27, 2018
– [ETHDenver](https://ethdenver.com/) Feb 16-18, 2018
– [ETHWaterloo](https://ethwaterloo.com/) Oct 13-15, 2017
– [London Ethereum](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uya2rd5pN0o&list=PLaM7G4Llrb7xTHkSwbDfDP9MeZ_6WKI6Z) (meetup)
– [Berlin Ethereum](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KWeNSvori4I&list=PLaM7G4Llrb7wPiT2G75tj2JQr8qg6P5hi) (meetup)
– [Ethereum Core Developer Meetings](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ex51Gb3SVqo&list=PLaM7G4Llrb7zfMXCZVEXEABT8OSnd4-7w) (call)
– [Building Ethereum DApps using Solidity](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9_coM_g7Dbg&list=PLH4m2oS2ratdoHFEkGvwvd7TkeTv4sa7Z) (tutorial)
List of protocol updates and hard-forks:
– Olympic pre-release (Testnet, Chain #0 – May 9, 2015)
– [Blog post](https://blog.ethereum.org/2015/05/09/olympic-frontier-pre-release/)
– **Frontier** public release (Ethereum Genesis, Chain #1 – July 30, 2015)
– [Blog post](https://blog.ethereum.org/2015/07/30/ethereum-launches/)
– **Homestead** (Block #1,150,000 – March 14, 2016)
– [Blog post](https://blog.ethereum.org/2016/02/29/homestead-release/), [Meta-EIP-606](https://github.com/ethereum/EIPs/blob/master/EIPS/eip-606.md) [EIP-2](https://github.com/ethereum/EIPs/blob/master/EIPS/eip-2.mediawiki), [EIP-7](https://github.com/ethereum/EIPs/blob/master/EIPS/eip-7.md), [EIP-8](https://github.com/ethereum/EIPs/blob/master/EIPS/eip-8.md)
– DAO Fork (Block #1,920,000 – July 20, 2016)
– [Blog post](https://blog.ethereum.org/2016/07/20/hard-fork-completed/), [Meta-EIP-779](https://github.com/ethereum/EIPs/blob/master/EIPS/eip-779.md), opposition at r/EthereumClassic
– Tangerine Whistle (Block #2,463,000 – October 18, 2016)
– [Blog post](https://blog.ethereum.org/2016/10/18/faq-upcoming-ethereum-hard-fork/), [Meta-EIP-608](https://github.com/ethereum/EIPs/blob/master/EIPS/eip-608.md), [EIP-150](https://github.com/ethereum/EIPs/issues/150), [EIP-158](https://github.com/ethereum/EIPs/issues/158)
– Spurious Dragon (Block #2,675,000 – November 22, 2016)
– [Blog post](https://blog.ethereum.org/2016/11/18/hard-fork-no-4-spurious-dragon/), [Meta-EIP-607](https://github.com/ethereum/EIPs/blob/master/EIPS/eip-607.md), [EIP-155](https://github.com/ethereum/EIPs/issues/155), [EIP-160](https://github.com/ethereum/EIPs/issues/160), [EIP-161](https://github.com/ethereum/EIPs/issues/161), [EIP-170](https://github.com/ethereum/EIPs/issues/170)
– **Byzantium** (Block #4,370,000 – October 16, 2017, Metropolis part #1)
– [Meta-EIP-609](https://github.com/ethereum/EIPs/blob/master/EIPS/eip-609.md), [EIP-100](https://github.com/ethereum/EIPs/issues/100), [EIP-140](https://github.com/ethereum/EIPs/pull/206), [EIP-196](https://github.com/ethereum/EIPs/pull/213), [EIP-197](https://github.com/ethereum/EIPs/pull/212), [EIP-198](https://github.com/ethereum/EIPs/pull/198), [EIP-211](https://github.com/ethereum/EIPs/pull/211), [EIP-214](https://github.com/ethereum/EIPs/pull/214), [EIP-649](https://github.com/ethereum/EIPs/pull/669), [EIP-658](https://github.com/ethereum/EIPs/pull/658)
– **Constantinople** will be scheduled end of 2018 (Metropolis part #2).
– **Istanbul** will be scheduled for summer 2019 (Metropolis part #3).
– **Serenity** will be scheduled for 2020 (the proof-of-stake and sharding fork)
– [Why does Ethereum plan to move to Proof of Stake](http://ethereum.stackexchange.com/questions/9)?
List of bridged networks or sidechains:
– POA Network, Proof-of-Authority [open Ethereum **sidechain**](https://poa.network/)
– Loom Network, Choose-your-own-consensus [Ethereum **dappchains**](https://loomx.io/)
List of public testnets:
– Olympic, pre-release public test network with ID #0 (replaced by Morden)
– Morden, Frontier-based public test network with ID #2 ([replaced by Ropsten](https://blog.ethereum.org/2016/11/20/from-morden-to-ropsten/))
– **Ropsten**, Homestead-based public test network with ID #3 ([recently revived](https://www.reddit.com/r/ethereum/comments/61bawv/ropsten_revived_thanks_to_generous_miners/), [Network Status](https://ropsten-stats.parity.io/))
– ConsenSys, Proof-of-Work [public test network](https://github.com/ConsenSys/ConsenSys.github.io/wiki/ConsenSys-public-testnet)
– Kovan, Proof-of-Authority [public test network](https://github.com/kovan-testnet/proposal) (Parity-Ethereum only, [Network Status](https://kovan-stats.parity.io/))
– Rinkeby, Proof-of-Authority [public test network](https://www.rinkeby.io/) (Geth only)
– A Casper PoS/PoA hybrid testnet is [currently being prepared](http://34.203.42.208:3000/) …
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## FAQ
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– [How would I **explain Ethereum** to a non-technical friend?](https://ethereum.stackexchange.com/q/45)
– [What are the Ethereum **disk space needs**?](https://ethereum.stackexchange.com/q/143)
– [What is **”gas”** and **transaction fee** in Ethereum?](https://ethereum.stackexchange.com/q/3)
– [What is the **total supply** of Ether?](https://ethereum.stackexchange.com/q/443)
– [Help with **very slow Mist sync**!](https://ethereum.stackexchange.com/q/603)
– [How to **backup** mist wallets?](https://ethereum.stackexchange.com/q/946)
– [How do I **backup** my ether accounts?](https://ethereum.stackexchange.com/q/108)
– [What is the recommended way to **safely store Ether**?](https://ethereum.stackexchange.com/q/1239)
– [How to **reduce the chances** of your Ethereum wallet **getting hacked**?](https://ethereum.stackexchange.com/q/3887)
– [How do I **buy Ethereum** with USD?](https://ethereum.stackexchange.com/q/1915)
– [How can I get a Geth node to **download the blockchain quickly**?](https://ethereum.stackexchange.com/q/392)
– [**How to mine** Ether on GNU + Linux?](https://ethereum.stackexchange.com/q/111)
– [**Ropsten** testnet is under kind of attack? What can we do?](https://ethereum.stackexchange.com/q/12477)
– [Is **CPU mining** even worth the Ether?](https://ethereum.stackexchange.com/q/2325)
– [What’s the **best Hardware** for Mining Ether?](https://ethereum.stackexchange.com/q/2719)
– [Why is my node **synchronization stuck**/extremely slow at block 2,306,843?](https://ethereum.stackexchange.com/q/9883)
– [Is there a limit for **transaction size**?](https://ethereum.stackexchange.com/q/1106)
– [How to **Mine Ether** and use Ethereum on Windows?](https://ethereum.stackexchange.com/q/110)
– [**How many transactions** can the network handle?](https://ethereum.stackexchange.com/q/1034)
About Ethereum
Ethereum is a decentralized platform that runs smart contracts: applications that run exactly as programmed without any possibility of downtime, censorship, fraud or third-party interference.
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