EthOn - an Ethereum Ontology

Introducing semantic Ethereum

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Name: Johannes Pfeffer

Ethereum account: 0xc656e934acee31f3d306142a020df5ae05f9880e

Works at: ConsenSys LLC

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What is EthOn?

1. EthOn is an ontology2. EthOn is an Ethereum reference3. EthOn is a data model4. EthOn a learning resource5. EthOn is extensible

5 facts about ethon

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How EthOn was created

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http://ethon.consensys.net/Block

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http://ethon.consensys.net/Block

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http://ethon.consensys.net/StateTransition

What you can do with EthOn

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Formalize knowledge about Ethereum

ethereum:Block0

a ethon:Block ;

rdfs:label "Genesis Block" ;

rdfs:comment "This is the block with block number 0. It is the Genesis Block of the Ethereum blockchain." ;

ethon:number 0 ;

ethon:hasBeneficary ethereum:Account0 ;

ethon:blockBeneficiaryReward 5000000000000000000 ;

ethon:blockGasLimit 5000 ;

ethon:blockNonce "0000000000000042" ;

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rdfs:seeAlso <https://etherscan.io/block/0> .

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Exploit your knowledge

PREFIX ethon: <http://ethon.consensys.net/>

PREFIX etherscan: <https://etherscan.io/address/>

SELECT ?generous_philantrope (SUM(?present_to_buterin) as ?direct_bribe)

?dangerous_philantrope (SUM(?present_to_philantrope) as ?indirect_bribe)

WHERE {

?tx ethon:to etherscan:0xd8da6bf26964af9d7eed9e03e53415d37aa96045; # Vitalik’s Ethereum Account

ethon:from ?generous_philantrope ;

ethon:value ?present_to_buterin .

?tx2 ethon:to ?generous_philantrope ;

ethon:from ?dangerous_philantrope ;

ethon:value ?present_to_philantrope .

}

GROUP BY ?generous_philantrope ?dangerous_philantrope

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SPARQL Queries

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Exploit your knowledgeVisualized Query (QueryVOWL)

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SPARQL-Queries

Even more of what you can do with EthOn

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ERC20 extension

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EthOn extension

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EthOn & Co.

Afterwords

EthOn main website:

http://ethon.consensys.net

EthOn - Introducing Semantic Ethereum (original article)

https://media.consensys.net/ethon-introducing-semantic-ethereum-15f1f0696986

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Acknowledgements:

Alex Beregszaszi, Casey Detrio, Herman Junge, Joseph Chow, Maurycy Pietrzak, Marian Oancea, Niran Babalola, Shahan Khatchadourian, Stefano Bertolo

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