CSE436:BLOCKCHAIN
L:3 T:0 P:2 Credits:4
Course Outcomes: Through this course students should be able to
CO1 :: understand blockchain technology and the role of decentralization in blockchain
CO2 :: discuss the key concepts of symmetric cryptography and public key cryptography
CO3 :: analyze consensus algorithms and understand the concept of bitcoin
CO4 :: explore bitcoin network payments, Bitcoin Clients and APIs
CO5 :: demonstrate smart contract templates, alternative coins, and build smart contracts
CO6 :: use of truffle for testing, compiling and deployment of smart contracts
Unit I
Introduction to Blockchain : the growth of blockchain technology, the history of blockchain and
Bitcoin, distributed systems, blockchain, consensus
Decentralization : decentralization using blockchain, methods of decentralization, routes to
decentralization, blockchain and full ecosystem decentralization, pertinent terminology, platforms for
decentralization, innovative trends
Unit II
Symmetric Cryptography : working with the openSSL command line, introduction, cryptographic
primitives, Advanced Encryption Standard (AES)
Public Key Cryptography : asymmetric cryptography, cryptographic constructs and blockchain
technology
Unit III
Consensus Algorithms : introducing the consensus problem, analysis and design, classification,
algorithms, choosing an algorithm
Introduction to Bitcoin : bitcoin — an overview, cryptographic keys, transactions, blockchain,
mining
Unit IV
The Bitcoin Network and Payments : the bitcoin network, wallets, bitcoin payments, innovation in
bitcoin, advanced protocols, bitcoin investment and buying and selling Bitcoin
Bitcoin Clients and APIs : bitcoin client installation, experimenting further with bitcoin-cli, bitcoin
programming
Unit V
Alternative Coins : introducing altcoins, theoretical foundations, difficulty adjustment and
retargeting algorithms, bitcoin limitations, extended protocols on top of bitcoin, development of
altcoins, Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs)
Smart Contracts : history, definition, ricardian contracts, smart contract templates, oracles,
deploying smart contracts, the DAO
Unit VI
Ethereum 101 : ethereum – an overview, the ethereum network, components of the ethereum
ecosystem, Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM), smart contracts, ethereum development environment
Further Ethereum : blocks and blockchain, wallets and client software, nodes and miners, APIs,
tools, and DApps, supporting protocols, programming languages
Introducing Web3 : contract deployment, exploring Web3 with Geth
List of Practicals / Experiments:
Integrated Development Environments (IDEs) for Smart contract
• MetaMask and Remix IDE to deploy a smart contract.
MetaMask in private net
• Adding a custom network to MetaMask and connecting Remix IDE with MetaMask.
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Smart contract with Solidity
• Write an Ethereum smart contract using solidity.
Contract Deployment
• Deploying a contract with MetaMask.
MetaMask and Remix IDE in contract
• Interacting with a contract through MetaMask using Remix IDE.
Use of Geth
• Installation of Ethereum clients and Ethereum account management using Geth.
Genesis Block
• Creation of Genesis Block in Geth.
Text Books:
1. MASTERING BLOCKCHAIN A DEEP DIVE INTO DISTRIBUTED LEDGERS, CONSENSUS
PROTOCOLS, SMART CONTRACTS, DAPPS, CRYPTOCURRENCIES, ETHEREUM, AND MORE by
IMRAN BASHIR, PACKT PUBLISHING
References:
1. BLOCKCHAIN TECHNOLOGY: CONCEPTS AND APPLICATIONS by KUMAR SAURABH,
ASHUTOSH SAXENA, WILEY
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