Bitcoin and Cryptocurrency Technologies Online Course

Eleventh and final lecture of the Bitcoin and cryptocurrency technologies online course.

For the accompanying textbook, including the free draft version, see: http://bitcoinbook.cs.princeton.edu/

In this lecture:
* The block chain as a vehicle for decentralization
* Routes to decentralization
* What can we decentralize?
* When is decentralization a good idea?

Tenth lecture of the Bitcoin and cryptocurrency technologies online course.

For the accompanying textbook, including the free draft version, see: http://bitcoinbook.cs.princeton.edu/

In this lecture:
* Short History of Altcoins
* Interaction between Bitcoin and Altcoins
* Lifecycle of an Altcoin
* Bitcoin-Backed Altcoins, “Side Chains”

Ninth lecture of the Bitcoin and cryptocurrency technologies online course.

For the accompanying textbook, including the free draft version, see: http://bitcoinbook.cs.princeton.edu/

In this lecture:
* Bitcoin as an append-only log
* Bitcoins as “smart property”
* Secure multi-party lotteries in Bitcoin
* Bitcoin as randomness source
* Prediction markets & real-world data feeds

Eighth lecture of the Bitcoin and cryptocurrency technologies online course.

For the accompanying textbook, including the free draft version, see: http://bitcoinbook.cs.princeton.edu/

In this lecture:
* Essential Puzzle Requirements
* ASIC Resistant Puzzles
* Proof-of-useful-work
* Nonoutsourceable Puzzles
* Proof-of-Stake

Seventh lecture of the Bitcoin and cryptocurrency technologies online course.

For the accompanying textbook, including the free draft version, see: http://bitcoinbook.cs.princeton.edu/

In this lecture:
* Consensus in Bitcoin
* Bitcoin Core Software
* Stakeholders : Who’s in Charge?
* Roots of Bitcoin
* Governments Notice Bitcoin
* Anti Money-Laundering Regulation
* New York’s BitLicense Proposal

Sixth lecture of the Bitcoin and cryptocurrency technologies online course.

For the accompanying textbook, including the free draft version, see: http://bitcoinbook.cs.princeton.edu/

In this lecture:
* Anonymity basics
* Overview of Bitcoin deanonymization
* Mixing
* Decentralized mixing
* Zerocoin and Zerocash
* Tor and the Silk Road

Fifth lecture of the Bitcoin and cryptocurrency technologies online course.

For the accompanying textbook, including the free draft version, see: http://bitcoinbook.cs.princeton.edu/

In this lecture (click the time to jump to the section):
* The task of Bitcoin miners 0:15
* Mining hardware 10:17
* Energy consumption & ecology 33:38
* Mining pools 50:16
* Mining incentives and strategies 1:04:29

Fourth lecture of the Bitcoin and cryptocurrency technologies online course.

For the accompanying textbook, including the free draft version, see: http://bitcoinbook.cs.princeton.edu/

In this lecture (click the time to jump to the section):
* Simple Local Storage 0:27
* Hot and Cold Storage 6:28
* Splitting and Sharing Keys 19:52
* Online Wallets and Exchanges 30:54
* Payment Services 50:17
* Transaction Fees 58:30
* Currency Exchange Markets 1:04:09

Third lecture of the Bitcoin and cryptocurrency technologies online course.

For the accompanying textbook, including the free draft version, see: http://bitcoinbook.cs.princeton.edu/

In this lecture (click the time to jump to the section):
* Bitcoin transactions 1:44
* Bitcoin scripts 11:42
* Application of Bitcoin scripts 27:20
* Bitcoin blocks 42:09
* The Bitcoin network 47:58
* Limitations & improvements 1:08:02

Second lecture of the Bitcoin and cryptocurrency technologies online course.

For the accompanying textbook, including the free draft version, see: http://bitcoinbook.cs.princeton.edu/

In this lecture (click the time to jump to the section):
* Centralization vs. decentralization 1:12
* Distributed consensus 4:45
* Consensus without identity: the block chain 17:46
* Incentives and proof of work 35:43
* Putting it all together 55:39