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Blockchain Theory and Applications I (Coursera)

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Blockchain Theory and Applications I (Coursera)

This course is the first part of the two parts course on Blockchain Theory and Applications. This course will provide a brief introduction of blockchain and cryptocurrency. It then provides detailed technical explanations on how Bitcoin and Ethereum work.

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Syllabus

Introduction to Blockchain
This module explains the basic concepts of blockchain and cryptocurrency, the core technologies of blockchain and explains public/private blockchains, and the range of blockchain applications.

Mechanics of Bitcoin (1)
This module explains the concept of cryptographic hash functions and describes the structure of bitcoin blocks and transactions.

Mechanics of Bitcoin (2)
This module describes Bitcoin keys, addresses, node types, and discovery.

Mechanics of Bitcoin (3)
This module describes the mining process and the consensus algorithms.

Ethereum(1)
This module describes Ethereum concepts and features. It explains accounts, transactions, transaction records, Block, Merkle Patricia Tree, Ether, and Gas.

Ethereum(2)
This module describes Ethereum consensus algorithms, smart contracts, EVMs, network protocols and RLP encoding.

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