From 6e3af675c45d7c5906a74c6fddc876693346e257 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: William Entriken This section needs work... The quickest and easiest way to experiment and begin developing on Ethereum is to use Metamask, which is a browser extension that provides: The quickest and easiest way to experiment and begin developing on Ethereum is to use MetaMask, which is a browser extension that provides:Provider A Provider (in ethers) is a class which provides an abstraction for a connection to the Ethereum Network. It provides read-only access to the Blockchain and its status. Signer A Signer is a class which (usually) in some way directly or indirectly has access to a private key, which can sign messages and transactions to authorize the network to charge your account ether to perform operations. Contract A Contract is an abstraction which represents a connection to a specific contract on the Ethereum Network, so that applications can use it like a normal JavaScript object. Common Terms Provider A Provider (in ethers) is a class which provides an abstraction for a connection to the Ethereum Network. It provides read-only access to the Blockchain and its status. Signer A Signer is a class which (usually) in some way directly or indirectly has access to a private key, which can sign messages and transactions to authorize the network to charge your account ether to perform operations. Contract A Contract is an abstraction which represents a connection to a specific contract on the Ethereum Network, so that applications can use it like a normal JavaScript object. Common Terms