CS4998: Blockchain Development Textbook
  • CS4998: Blockchain Development
  • Prerequisites
  • Introduction
    • Blockchain Theory
      • Bitcoin and the UTXO Model
      • Ethereum and the State-Based Model
    • Remix - A First Glance
    • Hello World!
      • Solidity File Structure
      • Primitive Values & Types
      • Contract Structure
      • Functions
      • Data Structures
      • Summary & Exercises
    • Hello World! Pt. 2
      • Control Flow
      • Interfaces and Inheritance
      • Constructors
      • Contract Interactions
      • Modifiers
      • Dynamic Arrays and Strings
        • Dynamic Arrays
        • Strings
      • Errors
      • Events
      • Units and Global Variables
      • Default Functions
  • Local Development
    • Node Providers
    • Interacting With On-Chain Contracts
    • Migrating to Foundry & VS Code
      • The Basics of Forge
      • Installing and Using Dependencies
      • Cast
      • Anvil
  • Understanding the EVM
    • The Ethereum Virtual Machine
      • A First Look at Computers
      • The Turing Machine
      • EVM Data Structures
      • Operation Codes (Opcodes)
      • Gas
      • Contract Compilation
      • Contract Runtime
    • Gas Optimizations
  • Yul & Advanced EVM Topics
    • Yul
    • Metamorphism
    • Bitwise Manipulations
  • Correctness
    • Security
    • Types of Testing
  • ERC Standards
    • Why ERCs?
    • ERC20
    • ERC721
    • ERC777
    • ERC1155
  • Frequently Used Smart Contracts
    • OpenZeppelin
    • Uniswap
    • Multisignature Contracts
    • AAVE/Compound
  • MEV & Advanced Blockchain Theory
    • Consensus Mechanisms vs Sybil Resistance Mechanisms
    • Maximal Extractable Value (MEV)
    • Looking Past The EVM
  • Etcetera
    • Developer Practices
    • Spring 2023 Past Resources
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CS4998: Blockchain Development

Fall 2023

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The official textbook for CS4998: Blockchain Development offered at Cornell University. This book focuses on teaching students both the theorhetical and applied skills necessary to become a proficient blockchain developer.

CS4998: Blockchain Development teaches students how to program using the Solidity programming language. Throughout this students, students are also exposed to languages such as Python for on-chain data interaction and libraries such as Foundry for local contract development.

Course Number: 19848

Authors: Rodrigo Villar (Head of Research @ Cornell Blockchain), Abhishek Bhattacharya

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