Cryptocurrency and Blockchain
Cryptocurrency and Blockchain
Cryptocurrency and Blockchain
a. Cryptography:
● Basics of cryptographic techniques: encryption, hashing, digital signatures.
● Public-key cryptography: RSA, Elliptic Curve Cryptography (ECC).
● Cryptographic hash functions: SHA-256, Keccak.
● Zero-knowledge proofs and cryptographic protocols.
● Applications of cryptography in securing transactions and identities.
b. Blockchain Technology:
● Introduction to blockchain: decentralized, distributed ledger technology.
● Components of a blockchain: blocks, transactions, consensus mechanisms.
● Types of blockchains: public, private, permissioned.
● Blockchain data structure: Merkle trees, hash pointers.
● Smart contracts: programmable self-executing contracts on the blockchain.
● Decentralized applications (DApps) and their use cases.
d. Smart Contracts:
● Concept and principles of smart contracts.
● Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM) and Solidity programming language.
● Designing and deploying smart contracts.
● Use cases of smart contracts in various industries: finance, supply chain, real
estate.
● Security considerations and best practices for smart contract development.
● Oracles: bridging smart contracts with external data sources.