Day 3 – Smart contracts Rationale: What is a Smart Contract? Why Smart Contracts? A Detour into the Real World: Distributed Systems Principles Revisited A Detour into the Real World: Etherum, Solidity, and Remix Writing Smart Contracts Compiling and deploying the smart contracts Use Cases: Writing a Smart Contract in Read more…
Day 2 Blockchain Platforms and Architectures Part V: Ethereum Basics Mechanism and Protocol Smart Contracts Part VI: The Blockchain World Other Blockchains Blockchain Interoperability Part VII: Practical Exercises Ethereum Wallet Smart Contract Part VIII: Blockchain Evaluations (Technical View, mainly) To Blockchain or not to Blockchain Comparisons and Assessment Challenges and Read more…
Day 1 Introduction to Blockchains Part I: Introduction and Background Distributed Systems Overlay Networks and Peer-to-peer Systems Security and Trust Part II: Blockchain Basics (1) Principles of Blockchains Blockchain Operations Part III: Blockchain Basics (2) Blockchain Eras and Application Domains Consensus Mechanisms Blockchains and Quantum Security Part IV: Cryptocurrencies (Technical Read more…
Cryptoasset = a digital asset, created, managed, and traded on a blockchain A cryptoasset is a digital asset that uses cryptography, a peer to peer network, and a public ledger to do three things : To regulate the creation of new units To verify transactions To secure these transactions without Read more…
Challenge 1 : The technology is not ready for prime time Greek citizens wouldn’t have known how to locate a Bitcoin exchange or ATM. Or how to transfer their drachmas into Bitcoin to escape the troubled currency. Strong infrastructure matters. It can’t be limited during crises. Unfortunately for Greece, its blockchain infrastructure was lacking at Read more…
Level of blockchain governance : Platform level Application level (distributed apps ) Ecosystem level Centralized paradigms are not as effective in the digital age. Blockchain stakeholders : Industry pioneers First mantra was : “We reject kings, presidents, and voting. We believe in rough consensus and running code” Vanguards in the Read more…
Attribution requires knowledge of two facts : Who holds the asset Who has created and is party to the contract A blockchain stores this information by recording where the asset originated, and tracking changes of ownership. On a blockchain, all transactions are recorded and stored in an immutable, trusted ledger. Read more…
Based on the course Introduction to blockchain Technologies by Insead and Don Tapscott / Alex Tapscott on Coursera Principle 1 : Networked integrity Honesty, consideration, accountability, transparency are coded into the blockchain. Integrity is distributed among nodes, not vested in a single member. Double-spend problem. cannot send the same dollar Read more…