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Signatures, Hashing, Hash Chains, e-cash, and Motivation
Proof of Work (PoW) and Mining
Signatures
Transactions and the UTXO Model
Synchronization Process, Pruning
Simplified Payment Verification (SPV) and Wallet Types
OP_RETURN and Catena
Guest Lecturer: Alin Tomescu (PhD student in security and applied
cryptography)
Forks
Peer-to-peer Networks
Guest Lecturer: Sharon Goldberg (associate professor in computer science
at Boston University focusing on network security)
PoW Recap, Other Fork Types
Fees
Transaction Malleability and Segregated Witness
Payment Channels and Lightning Network
Lightning Network and Cross-chain Swaps
Discreet Log Contracts
Merkelized Abstract Syntax Trees (MAST), Taproot, Graftroot
Anonymity, Coinjoin and Signature Aggregation
Confidential Transactions
Ethereum and Smart Contracts
Guest Lecturer: Joseph Bonneau (assistant professor at NYU's Courant
Institute researching security, applied cryptography, security economics, and
human factors)
More about Ethereum
Proof of Work at Industrial Scales
Guest Lecturer: David Vorick (Co-founder and CEO of Nebulous / Sia &
Obelisk)
Alternative Consensus Mechanisms
New Directions in Crypto
Bitcoin and other cryptographic currencies have gained attention over the years as the systems continue to evolve. This course looks at the design of Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies and how they function in practice, focusing on cryptography, game theory, and network architecture.
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