Dahlonega Gold Dollar
CSC595/686-D: (The Real) Blockchain
by: burt rosenberg
at: university of miami
semester: spring 2019 (192)
time: M 11:15 AM – 12:05 PM
location: Ungar 330 G
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The class
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Altcoin Presentations:
Litecoin
by Ariel de la Zerda.
Qtum
by Chidera O. Nwosu.
XRP
by Krishna Brahmbhatt.
ZCash
by Emmett Steven.
Cryptonote
by Michael Davis.
Bitcoin
by Devin Peterson.
Labs:
Lab 1
Lab 2
Lab 3
Lab 4
Syllabus:
Monday only course.
Seminar style — student involvement expected.
An experiment in opening up the curriculum as a community by the UM community.
Modeled after Bitcoin at Berkeley Decal.
Wide range of discussions — from social impact and reaction to deep crypto.
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Class Notes:
Lecture 1
The History of Electronic Money
Lecture 2
Cryptographic Technologies
Lecture 3
Consensus
Lecture 4
Proof of Work
Lecture 5
Signing Transaction
Lecture 6
Details: ECDSA
Lecture 7
Alt Coins
Lecture 8
Proof of Stake
Textbooks like stuff:
Mastering Bitcoin
by Andreas M. Antonopoulos.
Blockchain at Berkeley
References like stuff:
E-Cash implementations
Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System by Satoshi Nakamoto
(pdf)
B-Money by Wei Dai
(txt)
Hashcash - A Denial of Service Counter-Measure by Adam Beck
(pdf)
Blind Signatures for Untraceable Payments David Chaum
(Crypto '83 PDF)
Untraceable Electronic Cash by David Chaum, Amos Fiat, Moni Naor,
(Crypto '88 PDF)
David Chaum: Scientific American August 1992
(pdf)
Cryptography
New Directions in Cryptography by Whitfield Diffie and Martin Hellman
(pdf)
Zcash
explainer
including
zk-Snarks
(advanced math required)
Culture and Counter-Culture
Eric Hughes Manifesto
Bit coin implementation
blockchain.info
(now blockchain.com)
bitcoin.org
documentation.
blockcypher.com at the
genesis block
Geth and Rinkeby
Geth,
reference implementation of Etherium.
Rinkeby faucet
Rinkeby stats
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author: burton rosenberg
created: 12 jan 2019
update: 10 apr 2019