Unit I Introduction

Topics

• Overview of Block chain →
• Public Ledgers →
• Bitcoin →
• Smart Contracts →
• Block in a Block chain →
• Transactions →
• Distributed Consensus →
• Public vs Private Block chain →
• Understanding Cryptocurrency to Block chain →
• Permissioned Model of Block chain →
• Overview of Security aspects of Block chain →
• Basic Crypto Primitives: Cryptographic Hash Function →
• Properties of a hash function →
• Hash pointer and Merkle tree →
• Digital Signature →
• Public Key Cryptography →
• A basic cryptocurrency →