Course Duration – 30 hours

Who can benefit from this course?

• Students (irrespective of their domain)
• IT Professionals
• Entrepreneurs
• Professors/Teachers
• Accountants
• Law and Government officials

Syllabus

Cryptography

• Glossary
• Basic Cryptography
• Cryptographic hash functions
• Hash pointers and data structures
• Digital signatures
• Encryption

Bitcoin Mechanics

• Centralization vs Decentralization
• Distributed Consensus
• Bitcoin transactions
• Bitcoin blocks
• Bitcoin network
• Bitcoin Scripts
• Applications of Bitcoin Scripts
• Bitcoin Improvement Protocols (BIPs) – Limitations and improvements

Mining

• What is mining
• Purpose and function
• Task of bitcoin miners
• Incentives and strategies
• Mining pools
• Mining hardware
• Security

Key Management

• Securing your wallet
• Importing and exporting your wallet (private key)

How to store and use Bitcoin

• Hot and Cold storage
• Multisig with Bitcoin
• Exchanges and online wallet
• Trading overview

Demo/Hands-On

• Bitcoin platform and API – Bitcore
• Insight for Bitcore

CryptoCurrency ecosystem – altcoins

• Overview of few cryptocurrencies
• Currency exchange markets

Anonymity

• What is anonymity
• Bitcoin Mixing
• Tor and the Silk Road

Regulations

• Legal issues around Bitcoin
• Anti money-laundering
• Regulations on Cryptocurrencies

Intro to Ethereum smart contracts

Getting Started

• Ethereum and Solidity Recap
• A Starting Example
• The bank contract

Hands-on Development

• Installing Dependencies
• Project Structure
• “Hello World!” (Greeter) Contract
• Truffle Init

Connecting to the Real World

• Attaching Frontend
• Web3 api
•     Create-react-app
• Truffle Migrations

Finishing Touches

• Javascript Console
• Contract Interaction and Final Questions