In this post, I want to share my journey into the rabbit hole of blockchains and how I became rooted in the Ethereum ecosystem. I hope you enjoy it, don’t make the mistakes I’ve made and find value in this post. :) Intro to Ethereum: Ethereum is a global, decentralized network of nodes (currently over 9 million), which together form a so-called blockchain. Every node maintains a copy of everything happening on the network. Unlike the Bitcoin blockchain, Ethereum’s Virtual Machine (EVM) can ru...

In this post, I want to share my journey into the rabbit hole of blockchains and how I became rooted in the Ethereum ecosystem. I hope you enjoy it, don’t make the mistakes I’ve made and find value in this post. :) Intro to Ethereum: Ethereum is a global, decentralized network of nodes (currently over 9 million), which together form a so-called blockchain. Every node maintains a copy of everything happening on the network. Unlike the Bitcoin blockchain, Ethereum’s Virtual Machine (EVM) can ru...