Course Leader: Marina Ribaudo
Hours: 16

Prerequisites:

• Asymmetric cryptography
• Hash functions
• Elliptic curves
• Communication protocols

Syllabus:

Introduction to the Bitcoin blockchain

• Transactions
• Wallets
• Mining and Proof-of-Work
• Hash pointers and Merkle trees
• Bitcoin script

Introduction to the Ethereum blockchain

• Accounts
• Smart contracts
• Gas and gas fees for on-chain smart contract execution
• Proof-of-Stake
• Fungible and Non-Fungible Tokens