Basics: The Double-Spend Problem, Byzantine Generals’ Computing Problems, PublicKey Cryptography, Hashing, Distributed Systems, Distributed Consensus.
Technology Stack: Block chain, Protocol, Currency. Bit coin Block chain: Structure, Operations,Features, Consensus Model, Incentive Model. Merkle Patricia Tree, Ethereum Block chain Smart Contracts, Ethereum Structure, Operations, Consensus Model, Incentive Model
Block chain 1.0, Block chain 2.0, Block chain 3.0, Types of Block chain: Public Block chain, Private Block chain, Semi-Private Block chain, Side chains.
Types of Consensus Algorithms: Proof of Stake, Proof of Work, Delegated Proof of Stake, Proof Elapsed Time, Deposite-Based Consensus, Proof of Importance, Federated Consensus or Federated Byzantine Consensus, Practical Byzantine Fault Tolerance. Block chain Use Case: Supply Chain Management.
Legal Aspects-Crypto currency Exchange, Black Market and Global Economy, Bit coin protocols,GHOST, Future of Bit coin.
Reference Book:
Blockchain:BlueprintforaNewEconomybyMelanieSwan,ShroffPublisherO’Reilly PublisherMedia;1stedition(2015). MasteringBitcoin:ProgrammingtheOpenBlockchainbyAndreas Antonopoulos. ArvindNarayanan,JosephBonneau,EdwardFelten,AndrewMillerandStevenGoldfeder, BitcoinandCryptocurrencyTechnologies:AComprehensiveIntroduction,Princeton University Press (July 19, 2016).
Text Book:
KirankalyanKulkarni,EssentialsofBitcoinandBlockchain,PacktPublishing. AnshulKaushik,BlockChain&CryptoCurrencies,KhannaPublishing House. TianaLaurence,BlockchainforDummies,2ndEdition2019,JohnWiley&Sons. MasteringBlockchain:Deeperinsightsintodecentralization,cryptography,Bitcoin, and popularBlockchainframeworksbyImranBashir,PacktPublishing (2017).
