Starter guide: (almost) all the links you'll need to start understanding ethereum.
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Welcome to our community. Ethereum is a smart computing platform that uses the blockchain. This forum is for Ethereum tech discussions and related technologies.
What is Ethereum?
Where do I start?
Using the Wallet part 2: build a Democratic Autonomous Organisation
Using the Wallet part 3: build your own transparent Central Bank
Devcon Videos
Technologies and Apps
Do you have to use Meteor for building Dapps? Not at all! You can use any frontend GUI you prefer (even plain javascript), just connect to your node. We just use it internally for our Dapps and our lead Dapp Developer Fabian has built a lot of useful tools for that platform.
How do I include web3.js on my apps? Here's a primer
Is ethereum based on bitcoin? No, we use bitcoins underlaying technology, the blockchain, but Ethereum is a separate Blockchain. Ethereum has one of the first working implementations of bitcoin side chains so you can easily and quickly exchange ether and BTC.
What tools should I use to develop and build apps? Ether.camp and Mix
What other cool apps are being built? see this awesome constantly updated list
What's the future of Ethereum? We are planning a switch to Proof of Stake in the near future. We are also investigating scalability solutions and how to store secrets on the blockchain
No, I mean, how can I use ethereum to get information about the future? Augur and Gnosis are building prediction markets that try to gather the best information about uncertain future events
No, but I want to discuss future price movements by scribbling graphs on trading charts! Then you should go here (not moderated by us).
