Term
Yellow Paper
A formal, technical specification of a protocol (famously Ethereum’s Yellow Paper) detailing state transitions and execution rules.
Type:
documentation
ethereum
1
definition
Unlike a marketing-focused whitepaper, a yellow paper provides rigorous mathematical and formal definitions of a protocol’s mechanics.
Example 1.1
"Researchers referenced the Ethereum Yellow Paper to implement precise EVM gas accounting."
Related Terms
Whitepaper
→A document describing a project’s purpose, design, and economics—often high level and promotional compared to a yellow paper.
documentation
basics
Virtual Machine
→An execution environment that runs smart contract code deterministically across nodes (e.g., EVM).
computing
blockchain
Smart Contract
→Programmatic rules executed by the blockchain to enforce agreements without intermediaries.
blockchain
scripting
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