Introduction to Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM)

What you'll learn
Basics of Virtual Machines
Basics of Distributed Systems
Decentralized Systems and Consensus
Basics of Blockchain
Ethereum and how is it different from Bitcoin
Ethereum Accounts and Transactions
Ethereum States - Account State and World State
How Smart Contracts are deployed and called on Ethereum?
Anatomy of EVM
Role of EVM in Smart Contract processing
Role of EVM in State Changes
Stack and Stack Machine
Smart Contract Compilation and Opcodes
What is Nonce and what are its implications?
Requirements
Basic understanding of software systems.
Description
One of the most important evolutions that Ethereum has brought is programmability on blockchains. This is made possible with the use of Ethereum Virtual Machine or EVM. Although the term EVM is known to many - how EVM really works and how EVM fits into the overall workings of the Ethereum Blockchain is not understood widely. Also, many blockchains, L2s and other related systems claim to be EVM compatible - what does it mean? We cannot understand EVM compatibility without understanding EVMs, To understand EVM, we need to understand virtual machines, distributed systems, blockchains, smart contract execution on Ethereum etc. So, this course touches upon all these topics. To be clear, this is not a programming course but this course requires some prior understanding of software systems. So, let us dive into it.Some topics we will touch upon in this course among others:What is a Virtual Machine?How do VMs work?Benefits and Limitations of VMsProcess vs System Virtual MachinesWhat is a Distributed System?Benefits and Limitation of Distributed SystemsClients and NodesModels of...

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