Building Blockchain Applications with Ethereum and Hyperledger

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Blockchain technology, the underlying technology behind cryptocurrencies, has been gaining a lot of attention in recent years. The technology has the potential to revolutionize several industries, including finance, healthcare, and supply chain management.

The two most popular blockchain platforms for building decentralized applications are Ethereum and Hyperledger. In this article, we will explore the basics of building blockchain applications on these platforms and provide some code examples.

Building Blockchain Applications with Ethereum

Ethereum is a decentralized platform that enables the creation of smart contracts and decentralized applications (DApps). Smart contracts are self-executing contracts with the terms of the agreement between buyer and seller being directly written into lines of code. Ethereum uses a programming language called Solidity to write smart contracts. Solidity is a statically typed language and is similar to JavaScript in terms of syntax.

One of the key features of Ethereum is the ability to create custom tokens. These tokens can be used to represent assets, such as property or stocks, or can be used as a currency within a DApp. Here’s an example of a basic smart contract written in Solidity that creates…