Book contents
- Web3
- Reviews
- Web3
- Copyright page
- Contents
- About the Authors
- Foreword by Anthony Scaramucci
- Foreword by Yale Li
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Part I Foundations of Web3
- Part II Technological Underpinnings of Web3
- 3 Blockchains
- 4 The Scalability of Web3
- 5 The Smart Contract Ecosystem
- Part III Applications and Use Cases of Web3
- Part IV Challenges and Future Horizons of Web3
- Index
- References
5 - The Smart Contract Ecosystem
from Part II - Technological Underpinnings of Web3
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 21 November 2024
Book contents
- Web3
- Reviews
- Web3
- Copyright page
- Contents
- About the Authors
- Foreword by Anthony Scaramucci
- Foreword by Yale Li
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Part I Foundations of Web3
- Part II Technological Underpinnings of Web3
- 3 Blockchains
- 4 The Scalability of Web3
- 5 The Smart Contract Ecosystem
- Part III Applications and Use Cases of Web3
- Part IV Challenges and Future Horizons of Web3
- Index
- References
Summary
Chapter 5 explores the interconnected ecosystem enabling feature-rich smart contracts. It first covers oracles, which provide external data to blockchains, outlining use cases, design considerations, and business decisions around oracle solutions. It then discusses interoperability, explaining atomic swaps and various cross-chain bridge designs such as lock/mint, liquidity pools, and zkBridge for trustless transfers. Next, it examines the ecosystem for mitigating Miner Extractable Value (MEV), categorizing solutions into auctions, time/content-based ordering, and application-specific designs. It also highlights other vital components such as user-friendly wallets, performant RPC nodes, governance mechanisms for collective decision-making, and privacy-preserving techniques such as zero-knowledge proofs. By delving into these key building blocks, this chapter offers readers a comprehensive understanding of the dynamic smart contract ecosystem. It emphasizes how components such as oracles, bridges, MEV mitigation, governance, and privacy-preservation enable richer functionality, interoperability, fairness, and user experience, shaping decentralized applications’ future.
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- Web3Blockchain, the New Economy, and the Self-Sovereign Internet, pp. 121 - 142Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2024
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