Cryptocurrencies and Blockchain Technologies

The potential application for Bitcoin-like technologies is enormous. This course covers the technical aspects of engineering secure software, system interactions with crypto-currencies, and distributed consensus for reliability.

If you're interested in this course, you may also be interested in the professional version of the course, Cryptocurrencies and Blockchain Technologies.

Topics Include

• Altcoins
• Bitcoin transactions
• Consensus protocols
• Cryptocurrency
• Elliptic curves
• Hash functions
• Mining strategies and incentives
• Proposed Bitcoin regulations
• Zerocoin, zerocash