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Blockchain Theory and Applications I

Offered By: Pohang University of Science and Technology via Coursera

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Course Description

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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.

Syllabus

  • 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.

Taught by

James Won-Ki HONG

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