Overview
Target Audience
- Investors and entrepreneurs
- Managers and Engineers whose company is venturing into finance/commerce space
- Business Analysts & Investors
- Individuals interested in the in-depth concepts of Bitcoin
Requirements
- Should have basic knowledge of business operation, fiscal systems, currency encryption and data systems
- Must have basic understanding of software and systems
Course Outline
Quick Overview
- Blockchain history
- Decentralization
- Openness
- Theoretical background
Introduction to Bitcoin
- History of Bitcoin
- Bitcoin security
- Bitcoin pricing and volatility
- Bitcoin general usage, tradining and online exchange
Introduction To Blockchain
- Transactions storage on Blockchain
- Bitcoin mining
- Blockchains: Permissioned and Permissionless
- Side chains
Blockchain Usage
- Payment systems
- Cryptocurrencies (Bitcons Ledger)
- Royalty collection
- Management of copyrights
- Insurance
- Development
- Private Ethereum Network
- Smart contracts (e.g. Ethereum)
- dApps
- Hyperledger(Hyperledger Fabric)
Bitcoin Security
- Bitcoin pseudo-anonymity
- Security Measures
- Wallet Back Up and Restore
Mining and Transactions
- Digital Assets
- Distributed Ledgers
- Byzantine Generals’ Problem
- Networks and Nodes
- Cryptography
- Proof and Distributed Consensus
- Pools and Scripting
Bitcoin Scalability and Limitations
- Transaction volumes and block sizes
- Mining pools and centralisation
Centralised vs. Decentralised Blockchains
- Centralised blockchain case studies using Ripple and Corda
- Decentralised blockchain using Ethereum and Hyperledger
Conclusion
- Bitcoin for remittances in emerging economies
- Digital currencies and financial institutions
- Digital currencies and innovation
- Alternatives to Bitcoin and the Blockchain