Ethereum Q&A: Light clients, EVM, and Mist
Marcus asks, “Why would one use
Metamask, MyEtherWallet, or MyCrypto?”
“Is it just that they can hold multiple Ethereum-based
tokens, or do they have more useful capabilities?”
Metamask, MyEtherWallet, and MyCrypto
are three lightweight clients and wallets.
They don’t just implement wallet functionality.
They make the Web3 Javascript interface available…
in your browser, that allows applications (DApps)
to run and access the Ethereum network.
Through this wallet, [you can] create
transactions and access contracts.
These are more than just wallets.
They are wallets and lightweight clients that can
expose the application programming interface…
which allows a web application
to access the Ethereum network.
Yes, they can hold multiple Ethereum-based tokens,
but they can also support web applications.
“Is the Ethereum virtual machine (EVM), Wallet, and
Mist the same thing? If not, what are the differences?”
“How do you install each of them?”
These are three different things.
Mist is a user interface or DApp browser, a front-end that
[acts as] an interface with decentralised applications.
A DApp browser like Mist is a wallet,
a client, and a front-end user interface.
Mist is all three of those things. There are a few others:
Parity Wallet has its own graphical user interface.
MyEtherWallet and MyCrypto are also in that category.
Ethereum Wallet is one DApp that runs within Mist.
It is really just a front-end to a simple Ethereum wallet.
The Ethereum virtual machine (EVM) executes
smart contract code being compiled into byte code,
which is a bit like a machine language.
An EVM runs inside every Ethereum client
and is used to validate every transaction.
It is also run by miners in order to validate transactions,
and that is how smart contracts get executed.
Mist and Ethereum Wallet use a client. In the case
of Mist, they use the Go Ethereum (Geth) client.
That client has within it an EVM for validating
transactions and executing smart contracts.
There is an EVM inside Geth, which is inside Mist.
Perhaps that will help you understand
some of the differences.
Thank you Andreas!
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@aantonop thx so much. I'm learning a lot from you. I remember firing up my geth client in windows cli, in order to get my ether to appear in the wallet I downloaded from the ethereum.org website. I was totally clueless and had no idea what I was doing… one year later this video finally makes me understand what I was doing, lol
AFAIK Parity deprecated it's web-based user interface.
Andreas makes a fantastic ambassador for Crypto.
Wish the BCH guys just go away…
Question: Isn't Ethereum's block time too short? Is it enough time to broadcast them?
eth is a SCAM
I would like to hear your thoughts on litecoin and where you see it by 2020. Thanks
When are you going to get your Ebook available as I want to be Eth. developer ?
Thanks for your continued support and guidance in this space Andreas! Looking forward to meeting in Australia in 2019!
clear as mud
ETC >> ETH. Functional light wallet, Mist is a piece of crap.
Taylor Monahan has no business ethics, she stole Twitter account from MEW and left without any notice and then founded MyCrypto. I do not trust her.
I don't think Taylor cannot be trusted, she doesn't have any business ethics
Taylor's Mycrypto cannot be trusted, she doesn't have any business ethics