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The Ethereum Development Environment

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This chapter walks you through the setup and installation of tools required to run the Ethereum blockchain. We cover hardware requirements, operating system requirements, and software requirements. After covering the installation of the software, we provide the basic commands required to interact with the Ethereum network.

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Iyer, K., Dannen, C. (2018). The Ethereum Development Environment. In: Building Games with Ethereum Smart Contracts. Apress, Berkeley, CA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-3492-1_2

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