Blockchain Programming

Course Curriculum

Chapter 1: Introduction and Python Basics

Lecture 1: Introduction

Lecture 2: Python Datatypes: Lists, Dictionaries and Tuples

Lecture 3: Python Basics: Functions, Loops, If Statements and Modules

Lecture 4: Where's the blockchain!?

Lecture 5: Python Basics: Classes

Lecture 6: Python Basics: Inheritance

Lecture 7: Python Basics: Catching Errors with Try/Except

Chapter 2: Digital Signatures

Lecture 1: Asymmetric Encryption

Lecture 2: Digital Signatures

Lecture 3: Signatures for Cryptocurrencies

Lecture 4: Test-driven Development

Lecture 5: Installing modules with pip

Lecture 6: Assignment: Sign and verify

Lecture 7: Solution: Part 1

Lecture 8: Solution: Part 2

Lecture 9: Strings or Bytes

Chapter 3: Block Chain

Lecture 1: Hash functions

Lecture 2: Computing hash functions with Python

Lecture 3: Block Chains

Lecture 4: Assignment: Blockchain for general data

Lecture 5: Solution

Chapter 4: Transactions

Lecture 1: Transactions

Lecture 2: Multiple output addresses

Lecture 3: Multi-signature transactions

Lecture 4: Assignment: Transaction class Part 1

Lecture 5: Assignment: Transaction class Part 2

Lecture 6: Solution: Part 1

Lecture 7: Solution: Part 2

Chapter 5: Blockchain-based transaction ledger

Lecture 1: Securing a public transactions ledger

Lecture 2: Review of previous work

Lecture 3: Assignment 1: Save and restore with pickle

Lecture 4: Assignment 1: Solution

Lecture 5: Assignment 2: The TxBlock class

Lecture 6: Assignment 2: Solution

Chapter 6: Mining and Proof-of-Work

Lecture 1: Decentralization

Lecture 2: The Dark Side of Decentralization

Lecture 3: Proof-of-Work

Lecture 4: Nonces

Lecture 5: Assignment 1: Mining rewards

Lecture 6: Assignment 1: Solution

Lecture 7: Assignment 2: Nonce requirement

Lecture 8: Additional Python tips and tricks

Lecture 9: Assignment 2: Solution

Chapter 7: Communicating with Peers

Lecture 1: Dragons!

Lecture 2: Internet basics

Lecture 3: Client and Server

Lecture 4: Building a server

Lecture 5: Building a client

Lecture 6: Non-blocking server

Lecture 7: Client-server code along

Lecture 8: Pickling data for communication

Lecture 9: Finishing up client-server

Lecture 10: Miner and Wallet

Lecture 11: Building a socket communication utility

Lecture 12: Assignment: Build a Miner

Lecture 13: Solution

Lecture 14: Placing the new block

Chapter 8: Multi-threading

Lecture 1: Basic Threading

Lecture 2: Assignment 1: Test Miner Using Threads

Lecture 3: Assignment 1: Solution

Lecture 4: Assignment 2: Wallet client and server

Lecture 5: Assignment 2: Solution

Lecture 6: Coding Best Practices

Lecture 7: Assignment 3: Saving and Restoring Keys

Lecture 8: Assignment 3: Solution

Lecture 9: Save and Restore Blocks and Transactions

Chapter 9: Additional security concerns

Lecture 1: Potpourri

Lecture 2: Assignment 1: Load and save states

Lecture 3: Assignment 1: Solution

Lecture 4: Assignment 2: Limit block size

Lecture 5: Assignment 2: Solution

Lecture 6: Assignment 3: Checking account balances

Lecture 7: Assignment 3: Solution

Lecture 8: Assignment 4: Blockchain branching

Lecture 9: Assignment 4: Solution

Lecture 10: Assignment 5: Replay Attacks

Lecture 11: Assignment 5: Solution

Lecture 12: Approaches to replay attacks

Lecture 13: Assignment 6: Multiple miners

Lecture 14: Assignment 6: Solution

Lecture 15: Hardness and emission rate

Lecture 16: Cryptocoin economics: Supply-side edition

Lecture 17: Cryptocoin economics: Demand-side edition