Blockchain and Cryptocurrency fundamentalsLaajuus (5 ECTS)

Objective

A comprehensive course to learn about Blockchain and Cryptocurrency. The students first will get introduced about the idea behind blockchain architecture, and how such a concept can be beneficial and practical, the challenges along the way, and how to tackle them. Then they will get familiar with cryptocurrency, an example of one of the applications of blockchain, and how they can purchase and store them.
This course is 100% virtual thanks to the comprehensive content made for this course.
The student will pass this course after submitting required assignments, quizzes, projects, and essays.

Content

Software Architecture of the Blockchain - Peer-to-Peer Systems (P2P) - The importance and use cases - Ownership - Hashing - Cryptography - Transactions - Blocks - Mining, Verifying and Rewards - Limitations

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

Evaluation criteria - satisfactory (1-2)
- The students understand the concept of blockchain.
- The student has a general understanding over the advantageous of blockchain and can briefly explain them.
- The students understand the application of cryptocurrency.

Assessment criteria, good (3)

- The student is familiar with the limitations of blockchain systems.
- The student understands blocks, transactions and how they work and keep blockchain alive.

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

- The student can fully demonstrate the processes of mining and reward systems in blockchain.
- The students know how to purchase and store cryptocurrencies.