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Instructors: Prof. Ph.D. Sebastian Faust
Event type:
Integrated Course
Org-unit: Dept. 20 - Computer Science
Displayed in timetable as:
Cryptocurrencies
Subject:
Crediting for:
Hours per week:
4
Language of instruction:
German and English
Min. | Max. participants:
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Course Contents:
Concepts of Cryptocurrencies:
- Cryptographic building blocks: cryptographic hash functions, signature schemes, blind signatures, commitments
- Chaum’s eCash scheme
- Intro to distributed systems and error models
- Broadcast- and consensus mechanisms
- Intro to Bitcoin and Blockchain consensus
- Mining Bitcoins und secure storage of Bitcoins
- Anonymous cryptocurrencies
- Attacks on cryptocurrencies
- Smart contracts and applications
- Scalability
- Altcoins and Blockchain ecosystem
Literature:
Will be given in lecture, e.g. Bitcoin and Cryptocurrency Technologies: A Comprehensive Introduction Arvind Narayanan, Joseph Bonneau, Edward Felten, Andrew Miller & Steven Goldfeder
Preconditions:
Recommended:
Lecture on “Introduction to Cryptography / Einführung in die Kryptographie” or comparable knowledge
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