Introduction to Blockchain and Cryptocurrency
Course Name:
Introduction to Blockchain and Cryptocurrency (CS479)
Programme:
B.Tech (CSE)
Category:
Programme Specific Electives (PSE)
Credits (L-T-P):
(L-T-P): 04 (3-1-0)
Content:
Introduction and History, Brief Overview of Distributed System, Cryptography and Other Technical Foundations, The consensus layer and basic Properties, Byzantine Agreement, Proof of Work (PoW), Proof of Stake ( PoS) based Chains - Hybrid models ( PoW + PoS), Introduction to Blockchain, Applications of blockchain technology, Case Study, Cryptocurrency basics, ransactions and Mining, Introduction to Smart Contracts, Privacy, Safety and Security Issues in blockchain, Ethereum - Ethereum Virtual Machine ( EVM) - Wallets for Ethereum - Solidity - Smart, Contracts - some attacks on smart contracts.
References:
1. Roger Wattenhofer, The Science of the Blockchain, Inverted Forest Publishing, First Edition, 2016.
2. Arvind Narayanan, Joseph Bonneau, Edward Felten, Andrew Miller, and Steven Goldfeder. Bitcoin and cryptocurrency technologies: a comprehensive introduction. Princeton University Press, 2016.
3. Don Tapscott, Alex Tapscott, Blockchain Revolution: How the Technology Behind Bitcoin and Other Cryptocurrencies is Changing the World, Portfolio Penguin, 2018.
4. Arvind Narayanan, Joseph Bonneau, Edward Felten, Andrew Miller, Steven Goldfeder, Bitcoin and Cryptocurrency Technologies - A Comprehensive Introduction, Princeton University Press, 2016.
5. Andreas M. Antonopoulos, Mastering Bitcoin: Programming The Open Blockchain, Shroff/O'Reilly, Second edition, 2017.
Department:
Computer Science and Engineering