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Title: Princeton 'Bitcoin and Cryptocurrency Technologies' Course Discussion Topic Post by: americanpegasus on September 03, 2015, 11:06:02 PM Princeton is offering a free online course about bitcoin and it starts tomorrow (as of writing; September 4th - October 22nd). This topic will be a way for those of us enrolled to discuss class material as we progress through the course, and perhaps request help if something is confusing.
https://www.coursera.org/course/bitcointech?utm_medium=email&utm_source=other&utm_campaign=notifications.auto.VU_eblI1EeWSdxIbzhXKXw (https://www.coursera.org/course/bitcointech?utm_medium=email&utm_source=other&utm_campaign=notifications.auto.VU_eblI1EeWSdxIbzhXKXw) https://i.imgur.com/SW6jOsG.png About the 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. You’ll have the conceptual foundations you need to engineer secure software that interacts with the Bitcoin network. And you’ll be able to integrate ideas from Bitcoin in your own projects. Course Lecturers: Arvind Narayanan, Princeton University Joseph Bonneau, Princeton University Edward Felten, Princeton University Andrew Miller, University of Maryland Course Syllabus Intro to Crypto and Cryptocurrencies
How Bitcoin Achieves Decentralization
Mechanics of Bitcoin
How to Store and Use Bitcoins
Bitcoin mining
Bitcoin and anonymity
Community, Politics, and Regulation
Alternative Mining Puzzles
Bitcoin as a platform
Altcoins and the Cryptocurrency Ecosystem
The future of Bitcoin?
Recommended Background An introductory computer science class (such as CS 101) is required. Basic programming experience as well as some knowledge of data structures and algorithms (linked lists, sorting, searching...) are strongly recommended. Suggested Readings There is no required reading for this class. As the lectures progress, we'll provide links to more in-depth material for students who want to dig deeper. The lectures for this course are also being published as a textbook. Drafts of several chapters are currently available (each corresponds to a lecture): Chapter 1: Introduction to Cryptography & Cryptocurrencies: https://drive.google.com/uc?export=download&id=0B4-bDFu_72BeRnNqTkFUcGRkcm8 (https://drive.google.com/uc?export=download&id=0B4-bDFu_72BeRnNqTkFUcGRkcm8) Chapter 2: How Bitcoin Achieves Decentralization: https://drive.google.com/uc?export=download&id=0B4-bDFu_72BeZnJRTTRRcHdibVk (https://drive.google.com/uc?export=download&id=0B4-bDFu_72BeZnJRTTRRcHdibVk) Chapter 3: Mechanics of Bitcoin: https://drive.google.com/uc?export=download&id=0B4-bDFu_72Bea2R0cHB5SFI1VGc (https://drive.google.com/uc?export=download&id=0B4-bDFu_72Bea2R0cHB5SFI1VGc) Chapter 4: How to Store and Use Bitcoins: https://drive.google.com/uc?id=0B4-bDFu_72Beb1UtS0pzbl9ILTg&export=download (https://drive.google.com/uc?id=0B4-bDFu_72Beb1UtS0pzbl9ILTg&export=download) Chapter 5: Bitcoin Mining: https://drive.google.com/uc?id=0B4-bDFu_72Beelkxd3VlbXoyd0E&export=download (https://drive.google.com/uc?id=0B4-bDFu_72Beelkxd3VlbXoyd0E&export=download) Chapter 7: Community, Politics, and Regulation: https://drive.google.com/uc?id=0B4-bDFu_72Bed2ZGZi16eFh5b0k&export=download (https://drive.google.com/uc?id=0B4-bDFu_72Bed2ZGZi16eFh5b0k&export=download) Course Format The class will consist of lecture videos broken up into 5-7 segments, each 10-15 minutes in length. Each segment contains 1 or 2 integrated quiz questions. There will also be standalone homeworks that are not part of video lectures. Title: Re: Princeton 'Bitcoin and Cryptocurrency Technologies' Course Discussion Topic Post by: Swordsoffreedom on September 04, 2015, 12:51:18 AM Seems like an interesting offering as it starts tomorrow
I wonder how many forum members will sign up but props for starting a discussion topic out of the course. Title: Re: Princeton 'Bitcoin and Cryptocurrency Technologies' Course Discussion Topic Post by: nikona on September 04, 2015, 01:03:45 AM They really seem to be covering almost everything there is to bitcoin. Will probably be watching some of the lectures on Anonymity and the Regulation part. Thanks for posting this.
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