History of Bitcoin and Blockchain, Types of Blockchain, Distinction between databases and blockchain, Distributed ledger. Blockchain ecosystem - Consensus Algorithms & Types, Blockchain structure, Decentralization using Blockchain – Blockchain and Full Ecosystem, Decentralization – Platforms for Decentralization.
Bitcoin – Digital Keys and Addresses – Transactions – Mining – Bitcoin Networks and Payments – Wallets – Alternative Coins – Theoretical Limitations – Bitcoin limitations – Name coin – Prime coin – Zcash – Smart Contracts – Ricardian Contracts.
The Ethereum ecosystem, DApps and DAOs - Ethereum working- Solidity- Contract classes, functions, and conditionals- Inheritance & abstract contracts- Libraries- Types & optimization of Ether- Global variables- Debugging- Future of Ethereum- Smart Contracts on Ethereum
Hyperledger Architecture- Consensus- Consensus & its interaction with architectural layers- Application programming interface- Application model -Hyperledger frameworks- Hyperledger Fabric -Various ways to create Hyperledger Fabric Blockchain network
Case studies –blockchain in healthcare, blockchain based voting system, Walmart blockchain ,blockchain in banking , Business and Industry, Data management, and e-Governance
Reference Book:
1. William Mougayar, “Business Blockchain Promise, Practice and Application of the Next Internet Technology, John Wiley & Sons 2016. 2. Josh Thompson, ‘Blockchain: The Blockchain for Beginnings, Guild to Blockchain Technology and Blockchain Programming’, Create Space Independent Publishing Platform, 2017. 3. Arvind Narayanan, “Bitcoin and Cryptocurrency Technologies: A Comprehensive Introductionâ€, Princeton University Press, July 19, 2016. 4.Henning Diedrich, Ethereum: Block chains, Digital Assets, Smart Contracts, Decentralized Autonomous Organizations- 2016
Text Book:
1. Mastering Bitcoin: Unlocking Digital Cryptocurrencies, by Andreas M Antonopoulos 2018 2. Imran Bashir, “Mastering Blockchain: Distributed Ledger Technology, Decentralization and Smart Contracts Explainedâ€, Second Edition, Packt Publishing, 2018.
