Intro to Blockchain

Catalog description

This course introduces the Blockchain as a means for recording, securing, and transferring assets without an intermediary. Topics include: distributed ledger, transactions, block, and chain of blocks, public-private key pair, hashing, digital signatures, mining, proof of work, and smart-contracts. A Blockchain testbed will be used to provide learners with hands-on experience in designing and programming an end-to-end Blockchain application.