Blockchain Theory and Applications I

This course is the first part of the two parts course on Blockchain Theory and Applications. This course will provide a brief introduction of blockchain and cryptocurrency. It then provides detailed technical explanations on how Bitcoin and Ethereum work.

• Introduction to Blockchain
• This module explains the basic concepts of blockchain and cryptocurrency, the core technologies of blockchain and explains public/private blockchains, and the range of blockchain applications.
• Mechanics of Bitcoin (1)
• This module explains the concept of cryptographic hash functions and describes the structure of bitcoin blocks and transactions.
• Mechanics of Bitcoin (2)
• This module describes Bitcoin keys, addresses, node types, and discovery.
• Mechanics of Bitcoin (3)
• This module describes the mining process and the consensus algorithms.
• Ethereum(1)
• This module describes Ethereum concepts and features. It explains accounts, transactions, transaction records, Block, Merkle Patricia Tree, Ether, and Gas.
• Ethereum(2)
• This module describes Ethereum consensus algorithms, smart contracts, EVMs, network protocols and RLP encoding.