Ethereum: Turing-Completeness and Rich Statefulness Explained

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If you are a follower of the recent explosion of interest in <a href="https://hackernoon.com/tagged/blockchain" target="_blank">blockchain</a> and cryptocurrencies, you have no doubt heard of <a href="https://medium.com/@VitalikButerin" data-anchor-type="2" data-user-id="587a00dbce51" data-action-value="587a00dbce51" data-action="show-user-card" data-action-type="hover" target="_blank">Vitalik Buterin,</a> the inventor and prophet of the ethereum platform. For those of you new to the topic, here is a <a href="https://blog.coinbase.com/a-beginners-guide-to-ethereum-46dd486ceecf" target="_blank">beginner’s guide to ethereum</a> by <a href="https://medium.com/@linda.xie" data-anchor-type="2" data-user-id="514b75d4b762" data-action-value="514b75d4b762" data-action="show-user-card" data-action-type="hover" target="_blank">Linda Xie</a> and a <a href="https://hackernoon.com/bitcoin-ethereum-blockchain-tokens-icos-why-should-anyone-care-890b868cec06" target="_blank">great article</a> on the crypto market and blockchain by <a href="https://medium.com/@preethikasireddy" data-anchor-type="2" data-user-id="d446dafbe292" data-action-value="d446dafbe292" data-action="show-user-card" data-action-type="hover" target="_blank">Preethi Kasireddy</a>. I would recommend at least a baseline understanding of ethereum and the idea of blockchain before reading this article.