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Æternity Development 101
What is æternity?

What is æternity?

In this chapter, you will get a short intro to æternity. Learn more about smart contracts and blockchains in our Introduction to Blockchain community.

Learning Objective

Have a basic understanding of functional programming and know why this is relevant for smart contracts.
Have learned what state channels are and how they can enable mass adoption of decentralised application.
Understand why oracles are needed to get real-world information on blockchains.

Intro to æternity

2 minutes Youtube Video by dacade
In this video, we are giving a brief explanation of the challenges of smart contract platforms and æternitys response to them.

Functional programming for smart contracts

4 minutes Youtube Video by dacade
In this video, we are giving a brief introduction to functional programming and explain why this is interesting for smart contracts.

State channels on æternity (OPTIONAL)

6 minutes Youtube Video by dacade
In this video, we are explaining one of the most promising scaling solutions, state channels.

Blockchain oracles on æternity (OPTIONAL)

3 minutes Youtube Video by dacade
In this video, we are showing you how blockchain oracles can add real-world data to the æternity blockchain.

Additional Material

Dacade is an open-sourced platform and is created in collaboration with multiple contributors. Go to the repository to start contributing.

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