Solidity - Ethereum in Depth: Smart Contracts - Part 1: What is a Smart Contract?

NOTE: THIS VIDEO IS OUTDATED and is still posted for historical purposes. Ethereum will not scale to any substantial level. I am currently using BSV instead. Refer to my more recent videos and interviews in the 'Community Tab'. Part 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TC-bDQZbXd0 In this video I give an introduction to smart contracts in ethereum. First I explain what accounts are in a simpler currency only blockchain. Then I show how ethereum introduces a second type of account: a code controlled account (aka smart contract). This type of account does not have a private key but instead is controlled by code. It can store ether, just like user accounts, or it can keep a balance of 0 and be used to deliver some other function within the context of an application. I then give examples of how you can use smart contracts. If you want to tip this video here is an ethereum address for this video: 0xd6d1f455814211e3a79a03faa7bc18c74ca9163c