Blockchain & Bitcoin 101 by Ivan on Tech

This course is for everyone who wants to get a firm understanding of the blockchain technology. Whether you are an entrepreneur, investor or developer – the knowledge you will get here will really give you a solid knowledge foundation you can rely upon when navigating the cryptocurrency and blockchain landscape.

We will cover how Blockchain and Bitcoin really work under the hood, what Proof of Work and Proof of Stake is, how forks work and much much more.

I usually teach this course in seminars and lectures to the highest management of industrial companies, however I think it’s important for everyone to understand these concept and ideas. That’s the reason I’m now releasing this as a course.

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Ivan on Tech
Ivan on Tech

Course Curriculum

Introduction

Introduction by Ivan on Tech (3:11)

IMPORTANT: Community Forum (2:06)

Benefits of using Blockchain

Benefits of using Blockchain – Discussion

Bitcoin and Blockchain Overview (8:55)

Provenance (7:13)

Homework Provenance

Consensus (8:14)

Homework Consensus

Security and Immutability (6:05)

Homework Security and Immutability

High Availability (3:40)

Homework High Availability

Finality (3:37)

Homework Finality

Reading assignment: Benefits of the Blockchain technology

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Blockchain and Cryptocurrencies

Blockchain and Cryptocurrencies – Discussion

Blockchain 1.0 and crypto (4:13)

Platforms and Coins (4:42)

Blockchain 2.0 – dapps and smart contracts (10:33)

Functions, Hash Functions, Cryptography

Functions, Hash Functions, Cryptography – Discussion

Introduction (1:19)

Functions (3:23)

Homework Functions

Reading assignment: Hashing

Hash Functions (9:35)

Homework Hash Functions

Public and Private key Cryptography (17:55)

Homework Public and Private key Cryptography

Bitcoin Basics

Bitcoin Basics – Discussion

Bitcoin Introduction – Currency, Protocol and Language (12:09)

Bitcoin Ecosystem – Miners, Wallets, Nodes, SPVs (9:22)

Wallets – No coins, Types of wallets (9:15)

Hosted Wallets (2:39)

Homework on Wallets

Transactions and UTXOs (13:42)

Transactions, UTXOs and Fees (7:29)

Homework on UTXOs

Mempool (10:40)

Homework on Mempool

Mining Introduction (7:29)

Mining PoW and Incentives (7:41)

Block Rewards and Halvenings (5:10)

PoW and Integrity (8:55)

Math Behind PoW (12:52)

Mining Visually demonstrated (3:43)

Homework on Mining and PoW

Homework on Mining – Part 2

Difficulty vs Block Time (3:20)

Orphaned and Stale Blocks, Block Time and Confirmations (10:22)

Homework on Stale Blocks

Conclusion (3:45)

Homework – recap Bitcoin Basics

Blockchain Updates & Forks

Introduction (0:52)

Overview of Forks (5:32)

Accidental Forks (9:05)

Updates & Forks (5:10)

Hard Forks (8:39)

Soft Forks (13:48)

Pros & Cons with Soft and Hard Forks (7:08)

Quiz: Forks

Homework – Forks

Segwit – Segregated Witness

Introduction (2:27)

Background Part 1 – Full Blocks (11:57)

Background Part 2 – Transaction Malleability (8:23)

What is Segwit? (8:37)

Reading Assignment: Segwit

Segwit Implementation & Deployment (9:15)

Quiz: Segwit

Next Step

Well done and Next Step (1:05)