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Blockchain and Cryptocurrency Overview

The document provides an overview of blockchain technology, including its history, features, and types, as well as consensus mechanisms and decentralization methods. It covers cryptocurrency fundamentals, particularly Bitcoin and Ethereum, detailing transactions, mining, and smart contracts. Additionally, it introduces Web3, Hyperledger, and emerging trends in blockchain, highlighting various projects and challenges in the field.

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Blockchain and Cryptocurrency Overview

The document provides an overview of blockchain technology, including its history, features, and types, as well as consensus mechanisms and decentralization methods. It covers cryptocurrency fundamentals, particularly Bitcoin and Ethereum, detailing transactions, mining, and smart contracts. Additionally, it introduces Web3, Hyperledger, and emerging trends in blockchain, highlighting various projects and challenges in the field.

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UNIT I INTRODUCTION TO BLOCKCHAIN

Blockchain: The growth of blockchain technology - Distributed systems - The history


of blockchain
and Bitcoin - Features of a blockchain - Types of blockchain, Consensus: Consensus
mechanism -
Types of consensus mechanisms - Consensus in blockchain. Decentralization:
Decentralization
using blockchain - Methods of decentralization - Routes to decentralization-
Blockchain and full
ecosystem decentralization - Smart contracts - Decentralized Organizations-
Platforms for
decentralization.

UNIT II INTRODUCTION TO CRYPTOCURRENCY 9


Bitcoin – Digital Keys and Addresses – Transactions – Mining – Bitcoin Networks and
Payments –
Wallets – Alternative Coins – Theoretical Limitations – Bitcoin limitations – Name
coin – Prime coin
– Zcash – Smart Contracts – Ricardian Contracts- Deploying smart contracts on a
blockchain

UNIT III ETHEREUM


Introduction - The Ethereum network - Components of the Ethereum ecosystem -
Transactions and
messages - Ether cryptocurrency / tokens (ETC and ETH) - The Ethereum Virtual
Machine (EVM),
Ethereum Development Environment: Test networks - Setting up a private net -
Starting up the
private network

UNIT IV WEB3 AND HYPERLEDGE `


Introduction to Web3 – Contract Deployment – POST Requests – Development Frameworks
–
Hyperledger as a Protocol – The Reference Architecture – Hyperledger Fabric –
Distributed Ledger
– Corda.

UNIT V EMERGING TRENDS 9


Kadena – Ripple – Rootstock – Quorum – Tendermint – Scalability – Privacy – Other
Challenges –
Blockchain Research – Notable Projects –

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