Bitcoin and Decentralized Technology

Course Content

Hours

1. Big Ideas & Basic Use Demos Bitcoin Introduction and Demonstration Individual Account Security and Decentralization Motivation Keeping the Bookkeepers Synchronized and Honest Programmable Money Example and Big Ideas Summary Where to Get Bitcoin Wallets: How to Store, Send, and Receive Bitcoin Bitcoin Mining Accepting Bitcoin on a Website 2. How Bitcoin Works Under the Hood The Bitcoin Software Universe Installing Bitcore and Creating a Bitcoin Address Digital Signatures and Bitcoin Addresses Bitcoin Transactions Creating and Sending a Transaction Using Bitcore Reaching Consensus on the Ledger and Proving That Consensus Cryptographic Hashes Locking Transactions in Order with the Blockchain Bitcoin Creation and the Double-spend Attack Simplified Payment Verification (SPV) Wallets and Conclusion 3. Advanced & Upcoming Bitcoin Improved Backups Through Deterministic Wallets Hierarchical Deterministic Wallets Multisignature Addresses for Shared Wallets, Backup, & Security Multisignature Addresses for Escrow Services Centralization Pressures Upgrading Bitcoin Via Soft and Hard Forks Segregated Witness Update Payment Channels Check Lock Time Verify & Replace by Fee Payment Protocol, Privacy and CoinJoin Conclusion and Future Outlook 4. Decentralized Applications Beyond Bitcoin Building on Bitcoin with Metacoins, Colored Coins, & Sidechains Proof-of-work Consensus Alternatives, Challenges Proof-of-stake Consensus Permissioned and Private Blockchains Improving Performance with Tendermint, Ripple & BigChainDB Better Privacy with Monero, Ring Signatures & Stealth Addresses Zerocash and Zero Knowledge Proofs Seeking Price Stability with Digix, Tether, BitUSD & MakerDao Ethereum: A Decentralized Computer for Smart Contracts Augur & Decentralized Prediction Markets IoT & DAOs (Decentralized Autonomous Organizations) Decentralized Storage with Storj & IPFS Identify & Reputation with Identify & Onename

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