Ethereum Homestead Documentation¶
This documentation is the result of an ongoing collaborative effort by volunteers from the Ethereum Community. Although it has not been authorized by the The Ethereum Foundation, we hope you will find it useful. We welcome new Contributors.
Contents¶
- Introduction
- Ethereum Clients
- Connecting to Ethereum Clients
- Account Management
- Ether
- The Ethereum network
- Mining
- Contracts and Transactions
- Account Types, Gas, and Transactions
- Contracts
- Accessing Contracts and Transactions
- Mix
- Dapps
- Developer Tools
- Ethereum Tests
- Web3 Base Layer Services
- Frequently Asked Questions
- Questions
- What is Ethereum?
- I have heard of Ethereum, but what are Geth, Mist, Ethminer, Mix?
- How can I store big files on the blockchain?
- Is Ethereum based on Bitcoin?
- What’s the future of Ethereum?
- What’s the difference between account and “wallet contract”?
- Are keyfiles only accessible from the computer you downloaded the client on?
- How long should it take to download the blockchain?
- How do I get a list of transactions into/out of an address?
- Can a contract pay for its execution?
- Can a contract call another contract?
- Can a transaction be signed offline and then submitted on another online device?
- How to get testnet Ether?
- Can a transaction be sent by a third party? i.e can transaction broadcasting be outsourced
- Can Ethereum contracts pull data using third-party APIs?
- Is the content of the data and contracts sent over the Ethereum network encrypted?
- Can I store secrets or passwords on the Ethereum network?
- How will Ethereum combat centralisation of mining pools?
- How will Ethereum deal with ever increasing blockchain size?
- How will Ethereum ensure the network is capable of making 10,000+ transactions-per-second?
- Where do the contracts reside?
- Your question is still not answered?
- Questions
- Glossary
- The Homestead Documentation Initiative