PristupačnostDistributed ledgers and cryptocurrencies
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Course Description
This course aims to provide an understanding of how blockchain and distributed ledgers work and an overview of the ideas, technologies, and organizations arising from them, such as cryptocurrencies. It covers the technological underpinnings of blockchain operations as distributed data structures and decision making systems, their functionality and different architecture types. It provides and understanding and a critical evaluation of existing technological capabilities and platforms, and examines their future directions, risks and challenges.
Study Programmes
Postgraduate spec. study
Literature
Arvind Narayanan, Joseph Bonneau, Edward Felten, Andrew Miller, Steven Goldfeder (2016.), Bitcoin and Cryptocurrency Technologies, Princeton University Press
Andreas M. Antonopoulos, Gavin Wood Ph.D. (2018.), Mastering Ethereum, O'Reilly Media
General
ID 242585
Winter semester
4 ECTS
L1 English Level