# Introduction I've been working in [Antelope](https://antelope.io/) (former EOSIO) blockchain space since the EOS mainnet launch. During this time, I met a great number of wonderful people, and we have run some interesting projects together. As a software engineer and an open source enthusiast, I've always tried to share as much knowledge as possible, and this has led to a number of publications in [my blog](https://cc32d9.medium.com/) and on [GitHub](https://github.com/cc32d9). In this book, I will try to address most common questions asked in the [Antelope Developers](https://t.me/antelopedevs) chat and give my recommendations on designing the smart contracts and blockchain applications. While talking to many software developers, I found out that the most missing thing in Antelope/EOSIO is the understanding of the big picture. Basically, how stuff works. I will try to cover that as much as possible as this topic is of interest on all levels of blockchain businesses: business owners, software architects, developers, and server administrators. This is the first edition of the book. Additional topics to be covered in the second edition are listed [on GitHub](https://github.com/cc32d9/antelope-dev-book/issues/1). This work is sponsored by a [Pomelo grant](https://pomelo.io/grants/cookbook) and [direct grant from the ENF](https://github.com/eosnetworkfoundation/grant-framework/blob/main/applications/dev_book.md). Copyright (c) 2022 `cc32d9@gmail.com` [![Creative Commons License](https://i.creativecommons.org/l/by-sa/4.0/88x31.png)](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)\ This work is licensed under a [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://cc32d9.gitbook.io/antelope-smart-contract-developers-handbook/introduction.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.