Ethereum Classic - Decentralized Blockchain Network for Transparent Smart Contracts and Immutable Transactions
Fouad Sabry
Editorial: One Billion Knowledgeable
Sinopsis
Explore the pulse of decentralization and its impact on our digital world in Ethereum Classic, a compelling title in the Blockchain series by Fouad Sabry. This book bridges blockchain technology and political science, revealing how governance, consensus, and power evolve in decentralized systems. Chapters Brief Overview: 1: Ethereum Classic: Traces the roots of Ethereum Classic and its ideological stand on immutability. 2: Bitcoin Cash: Examines Bitcoin Cash’s origin, showcasing blockchainbased consensus in political terms. 3: SegWit: Highlights SegWit's role in technical governance and collective decisionmaking in blockchain. 4: Smart contract: Explores selfexecuting contracts as new instruments of digital law and authority. 5: Blockchain: Provides foundational insights into blockchain’s structure as a model of distributed power. 6: Fork (blockchain): Discusses forks as expressions of political divergence within decentralized systems. 7: Privacy and blockchain: Investigates privacy as a political right and its preservation in blockchain networks. 8: Ethereum: Reviews Ethereum’s evolution, contrasting its vision with Ethereum Classic’s immutability ethos. 9: Monero: Illustrates Monero’s focus on anonymity as a challenge to centralized surveillance structures. 10: Litecoin: Looks at Litecoin's innovations as decentralized policy experimentation within blockchain. 11: Decentralized autonomous organization: Explores DAOs as digital microstates governed by code. 12: Gavin Wood: Examines Wood’s role in shaping blockchain philosophies and decentralized tech paradigms. 13: Doublespending: Analyzes the doublespending problem as a challenge to trust in digital economics. 14: Solidity: Introduces the Solidity language as a tool to encode governance and digital political will. 15: The DAO: Investigates The DAO’s rise and fall, revealing blockchain governance in crisis and repair. 16: Cryptocurrency wallet: Describes wallets as digital identities and tools for individual financial agency. 17: Vitalik Buterin: Highlights Buterin’s vision and influence on blockchain’s social and political role. 18: Cryptocurrency: Frames cryptocurrency as a decentralized alternative to statecontrolled financial systems. 19: Decentralized application: Shows how DApps reshape usersovereignty and information control. 20: Bitcoin: Charts Bitcoin’s role as the genesis of blockchain’s economic and ideological revolution. 21: Proof of stake: Analyzes PoS as a consensus model with implicit politicaleconomic tradeoffs. This book is not just a technical overview; it’s a guide for professionals, students, and hobbyists alike who seek to understand how blockchain challenges traditional power structures. The ideas within serve as a lens to study authority, participation, and governance in the digital age.
