Ethereum: Complete Guide to Understanding Ethereum, Blockchain, Smart Contracts, ICOs, and Decentralized Apps

By: Mark Gates

Narrated by: Randal Schaffer

Length: 2 hrs and 10 mins

Publisher's summary

Bitcoin has had no significant rivals for dominance of the cryptocurrency market until Ethereum. The market size of Ethereum is now over 30 billion dollars and growing rapidly.

Microsoft, IBM, and other major companies are building applications and infrastructure for the Ethereum network. Ethereum has created not just a new currency but an entirely new way to build and run computer and web programs. Ethereum is also changing the way industries handle contracts with the creation of smart contracts on the Ethereum network. This revolution in computing is just get started, with Ethereum currently less than two years old.

Understanding Ethereum now could equip you with the knowledge ahead of a major technological revolution in these early stages of development. After listening to this audiobook, you will understand how to easily set up an Ether wallet and then buy and trade Ether. You do not need to have any computer or finance background to understand this audiobook; it is designed to be as accessible as possible to beginners with no exposure to Bitcoin. This audiobook always contains information about mining Ether including cloud mining and more advanced Ethereum topics.

In this book you will learn :   

• What is blockchain? 
• How blockchain technology works
• What are decentralized apps? 
• What is the Ethereum network? 
• What is Ether?
• The history of Ethereum
• The Ethereum hard fork and Ether Classic
• Difference between Ether and Bitcoin
• Benefits of using Ether
• Smart contracts
• Disadvantages/dangers of using Ether
• Setting up an Ether wallet
• Buying, selling, and trading Ether
• Sending and receiving Ether
• Ethereum mining
• How is Ether mined?
• Ether and other cryptocurrencies
• Impact of Ether
• The future of Ether
• And more....

©2017 Mark Gates (P)2017 Mark Gates

Very disappointing

Very poor. The author knowns a handful of simple facts and just repeats them over and over again throughout the book.

Much more superficial than I expected

May work for those who have no idea what cryptocurrencies are. Otherwise - 15-20 minutes worth listening.

Great read. Easy to understand.

I have been into crypto since 2018but really only became passionate about it in 2021. This book gave me a much better perspective as someone that knew what Ethereum was and how the blockchain worked. Great info. Recommend.

great book easy to understand

this is a great book i gained a lot of understanding i like how it's not just a praise book for ethereum it has pros and cons if you're a investor in cryro you definitely need to read this book it has some warnings about ethereum that all should know!!!!!

Good book

The books is very good for 2017 and predicts a lot of things that became reality in 2021. There is no need to repeat 10 times and waste 10 min of audio to tell people to message if they find spelling errors or wrong information , it’s waste of time, and most people don’t find any value in this . It’s very repetitive and beginning of the book and end are wasted on this. Besides this books was good overview.

good intro for non-technical audience

easy read. its a very high level overview of Ethereum and the Blockchain for non developers.

great and to the point

if you know nothing about crypto currency by the end of this book you will know more than 99.9% of the population.

Good Basic Information and Explanation

Good content of information for a beginner to crpto currency's particulary to Ethereum to digest. The progress of the information is at a good pace to allow beginners to follow. Will help anyone who wants to learn more about crypto currency's and the technology behind them.

Dull and repetitive

This is a very repetitive book. Everything is repeated three or four times at least.
The structure of the chapters is also annoying, especially in the audio book, since they are not numbered, so you really never know if the narrator is reading the name of the chapter, the sub chapter, or the bread text. Find your information elsewhere.

Great work

Great work and insight on ethereum. Will recommend to others who are interested in crypto currency

Stay away

Each chapter is 1 or 2 minutes long. I would ask for a refund if audible allowed.

very superficial overview

very superficial essay on ethereum, poor editing. A product clearly aimed at monetising on an hot argument with few audible books without adeguate research or author expertise on the topic.