Introduction to Blockchain Technology 2025/26 fall

The following schedule might be updated as needed.

Lectures

• Lecture 1 (4. September)
  • Introduction, slides
  • Blockchain and cryptocurrency, slides
• Lecture 2 (18. September)
  • Blockchain use cases, slides
  • Blockchain-based system design, slides
  • Workshop 1, slides
  • Class discussion, slides, Case study
  • Seploia Faucet for Test Ethers
• Lecture 3 (2. October)
  • Hyperledger Fabric (HLF) and chaincode, slides
  • Ethereum and Smart Contract, slides
  • Remix IDE
  • Test 1
• Lecture 4 (16. October)
  • Test 1 Feedback, slides
  • Ethereum-based decentralized application development, slides
  • Workshop 2, slides
• Lecture 5 (30. October)
  • Guest Lecture: Bitcoin CoinJoin Analysis, slides
  • Security design for distributed information systems, slides
  • Cryptographic methods in blockchains, slides
  • Workshop 3, slides
• Lecture 6 (13. November)
  • NordSec 2025
  • Test 2
• Lecture 7 (4. December)
  • Blockchain components and security methods, slides
  • Security risk analysis of blockchain-based applications, slides
  • Blockchain patterns and oracles, slides
  • Workshop 4, slides
• Lecture 8 (11. December)
  • Class discussion and revision, slides
  • Course recap, slides
  • Exam