Blockchain and Smart contracts

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Explains how Ethereum stores state and runs code, writes a simple Solidity contract, deploys and exercises it on an Ethereum testnet with JavaScript, and measures real gas costs and limits so the demo actually completes. Notes that tens of thousands of contracts exist and recounts a single-line vulnerability pattern that once let attackers drain millions (a reentrancy bug example), and shows how design choices (gas, consensus) affect scalability and security.

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1. 0:00Blockchain & smart contracts intro
2. 1:11What blockchain is not about
3. 2:19Core blockchain principles
4. 3:52Transparency & trust in blockchains
5. 4:55Cryptographic foundations
6. 7:49Consensus algorithms
7. 10:04Proof of work & mining
8. 11:28Energy use & concerns
9. 13:18Proof of stake democratization
10. 14:26How blocks link in blockchain
11. 16:22Immutability & tampering risks
12. 18:35Why changing blockchain is hard
13. 19:45Decentralization vs centralization
14. 20:29Cryptocurrency value & worth
15. 22:31Bitcoin supply & exchange value
16. 23:54Trust in traditional vs blockchain
17. 25:29Blockchain eliminates need for trust
18. 26:16Defining smart contracts
19. 27:41Smart contracts as programs
20. 29:06Ethereum VM & execution
21. 31:16P2P smart contract execution
22. 32:21Smart contract use cases
23. 33:30Smart contracts running forever
24. 34:35Gas fees & costs
25. 36:05Gas limits & failures
26. 37:14Blockchain trilemma
27. 38:16Scalability solutions
28. 39:15Smart contract languages
29. 40:28Document signing & legal apps
30. 41:33Smart contract state today
31. 42:39Interacting via transactions
32. 44:15Deploying & managing contracts
33. 45:18Consensus security
34. 45:59Smart contract adoption growth
35. 47:04Real-world financial impact
36. 47:48Smart contract vulnerabilities
37. 48:34Defending against attacks
38. 49:29Conclusion & future

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