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EnglishSelf StudyVideo and Text Based

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INR 1000yesIIT Kanpur

The Syllabus

  • Introduction – basic ideas behind blockchain, how it is changing the landscape of digitalization, introduction to cryptographic concepts required

  • Hashing, public key cryptosystems, private vs public blockchain and use cases, Hash Puzzles, Introduction to Bitcoin Blockchain

  • Bitcoin Blockchain and scripts, Use cases of Bitcoin Blockchain scripting language in micropayment, escrow etc Downside of Bitcoin – mining .

  • Alternative coins – Ethereum and Smart contracts

  • Alternative coins – Ethereum continued, IOTA

  • The real need for mining – consensus – Byzantine Generals Problem, and Consensus as a distributed coordination problem – Coming to private or permissioned blockchains – Introduction to Hyperledger

  • Permissioned Blockchain and use cases – Hyperledger, Corda

  • Uses of Blockchain in E-Governance, Land Registration, Medical Information Systems, and others

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