This week will be all about learning blockchain concepts that will be necessary before starting development of Ethereum smart contracts and dapps.

Asynchronous Work

• Blockchain Hashing Video Lecture
• Rainbow Table Coding Challenge
• Blockchain Readings
• Digital Signatures Video Lecture
• Public Key Cryptography Readings

Live Session 12/13 Monday at 4pm:

Build a Proof of Work Miner script together with your classmates. This class will begin with a discussion of hashing, mining and proof of work which will then follow into a collaborative coding session. Following that, ChainShot instructors will be around to answer questions.

Asynchronous Work

• Blockchain Network Lecture Video
• Create a Public Key Cryptography Exchange Project
• Decentralization and Blockchains Video

Live Session 12/16 Thursday at 4pm:

Building a UTXO model in JavaScript together with your classmates. This class will begin with a discussion on UTXOs versus the Account Model. Following that, ChainShot instructors will be around to answer questions.