Blockchain and Distributed Ledgers
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- Course given in: English
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- Schedule: Autumn Semester 2021-2022, 2.0h. course (weekly average)
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ObjectivesThis course provides an introduction to distributed ledger technology, blockchains and cryptocurrencies. It focuses on the applications of these technologies in finance and banking.
ContentsThe course is organized around the following major parts:
This will be an interactive course. All students will be encouraged to formulate opinions and discuss the implications of aforementioned technology in real-world contexts. We touch subjects as diverse as economics, philosphy, crythography, computer science, the history of the 20th century and mathematics.
ReferencesNarayanan, A., Bonneau, J., Felten, E., Miller, A. and Goldfeder, S., 2016, Bitcoin and Cryptocurrency Technologies, Princeton University Press. Antonopoulos, A., 2017, Mastering Bitcoin (2nd Edition) , O'Reilly Bitcoin whitepaper: https://bitcoin.org/bitcoin.pdf Ethereum whitepaper: https://ethereum.org/en/whitepaper/ Cosmos Cash: Investigation into EU regulations affecting E-Money tokens
Pre-requisitesBasic programming (ideally JavaScript), mathematics, game theory.
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