Bitcoin and Cryptocurrency Technologies
offered by Princeton University

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Bitcoin and Cryptocurrency Technologies
at
Princeton University
Overview

Crypto Unveiled: Deep Dive into Bitcoin and Cryptocurrency Technologies - Exploring Blockchain, Decentralization, and Future Trends in Digital Finance.

Duration	23 hours
Mode of learning	Online
Schedule type	Self paced
Official Website	Go to Website
Course Level	UG Certificate

Bitcoin and Cryptocurrency Technologies
at
Princeton University
Highlights

Covers the technical part of bitcoin and cryptocurrency
Contains a lot of very inspiring discussions about its relation to the real world

Bitcoin and Cryptocurrency Technologies
at
Princeton University
Course details

More about this course

To really understand what is special about Bitcoin, we need to understand how it works at a technical level. We’ll address the important questions about Bitcoin, such as:
How does Bitcoin work? What makes Bitcoin different? How secure are your Bitcoins? How anonymous are Bitcoin users? What determines the price of Bitcoins? Can cryptocurrencies be regulated? What might the future hold?
After this course, you’ll know everything you need to be able to separate fact from fiction when reading claims about Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies.

Bitcoin and Cryptocurrency Technologies
at
Princeton University
Curriculum

Introduction to Crypto and Cryptocurrencies

Welcome

Cryptographic Hash Functions

How Bitcoin Achieves Decentralization

Centralization vs. Decentralization

Distributed Consensus

Mechanics of Bitcoin

Bitcoin Transactions

Bitcoin Scripts

How to store and use Bitcoins

How to Store and use Bitcoins

Hot and Cold Storage

Bitcoin Mining

The Task of Bitcoin Miners

Mining Hardware

Bitcoin and Anonymity

Anonymity Basics

How to de-anonymize Bitcoin

Community, Politics, and Regulation

Consensus in Bitcoin

Bitcoin Core Software

Alternative Mining Puzzles

Essential Puzzle Requirements

ASIC Resistant Puzzles

Bitcoin and Cryptocurrency Technologies
at
Princeton University
Faculty details

Arvind Narayanan

Arvind Narayanan is Associate Professor of Computer Science at Princeton. He earned his doctorate from the University of Texas, Austin, in 2009 and did post-doctoral work at Stanford University. He studies information privacy and security and has a side interest in technology policy.