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CSX4214 Blockchain Technology

L-T-P-Cr: 3-0-0-3

Pre-requisites: Expertise in Programming, Basic Knowledge of Computer Security, Cryptography,


Networking, Computer Systems Security

Objectives/Overview:
 To provide conceptual understanding of the function of Blockchain as a method of securing
distributed ledgers.
 To understand the structure of a blockchain and why/when it is better than a simple distributed
database
 To make students understand the technological underpinnings of blockchain operations as distributed
data structures and decision making systems.
 To understand a “smart” contract and its legal implications.
 To provide a critical evaluation of existing “smart contract” capabilities and platforms, and examine
their future directions, opportunities, risks and challenges.

Course Outcomes:
Upon completion of this course, students will be:
1. Able to design smart contracts and decentralized applications.
2. Able to understand Distributed Ledger Technologies and apply this concept in real world.
3. Able to design innovative application models using the the Blockchain technology.
4. Able to understand core concepts of Blockchain technology that are commonly used across multiple
industries to solve large scale problems.

UNIT I: Lectures: 6
Introduction to Blockchain, Structure of a Block, Types of Blockchain, Public Ledgers, Blockchain
as public ledgers, Cryptocurrency as application of blockchain technology

UNIT II: Lectures: 8


Basic Cryptographic primitives used in Blockchain – Secure, Collision-resistant hash functions,
Digital signature, Public key cryptosystems, Zero-knowledge proof systemsCryptographic Hash
Function, SHA-256,Properties of a hash function, Hash pointer and Merkle tree.

UNIT III: Lectures: 8


Consensus, Distributed consensus in open environments, Consensus in a Bitcoin network
Types of consensusalgorithm: Proof of Work (PoW), Proof of Stake (PoS), Delegated Proof of Stake
(DPoS), Ripple, Proof of Burn

UNIT IV: Lectures: 6


Introduction to Bitcoin, History of Bitcoin, Bitcoin Transactions, Bitcoin Mining,Bitcoin Address.

UNIT V: Lectures: 6
Introduction to Ethereum - Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM), Wallets for Ethereum, Differences
between Ethereum and Bitcoin, Block format, Mining algorithm, Solidity, Smart Contracts, Some
attacks on smart contracts.

UNIT VI: Lectures: 8


Blockchain Technology: Hyper ledger Fabric: System architecture, ledger format, chaincode
execution, transaction flow and ordering, private channels, membership service providers, Fabric Peer
and Certificate Authority,Case studies of applications

Text / Reference Books:


1. Mastering Bitcoin: Unlocking Digital Cryptocurrencies, by Andreas Antonopoulos, O’Reilly
publisher
2. Blockchain Blueprint for a New Economy,by Melanie Swan, O’Reilly
3. Narayanan, Arvind, et al. Bitcoin and Cryptocurrency Technologies: A Comprehensive
Introduction. Princeton University Press, 2016.
4. Antonopoulos, Andreas M. Mastering Bitcoin: Programming the Open Blockchain. O’Reilly
Media, Inc., 2017
5. Antonopoulos, Andreas M. and Wood, Gavin. Mastering Ethereum. O’Reilly Media, Inc.,
2018. (Free draft available at https://github.com/ethereumbook/ethereumbook)
6. Ethereum project documentation. Online: http://www.ethdocs.org/en/latest/
7. S. Shukla, M. Dhawan, S. Sharma, S. Venkatesan, ‘Blockchain Technology: Cryptocurrency
and Applications’, Oxford University Press, 2019.
8. Zero to Blockchain - An IBM Redbooks course, by Bob Dill, David Smits -
https://www.redbooks.ibm.com/Redbooks.nsf/RedbookAbstracts/crse0401.html
9. Hyperledger Fabric - https://www.hyperledger.org/projects/fabric

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