19-355 Special Topic: Cryptocurrencies, Blockchains, and Applications

9–12 units, Carnegie Mellon University

Cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin have gained large popularity in recent years, in no small part due to the fantastic potential applications they could facilitate. This course will first provide an overview of the technological mechanisms behind cryptocurrencies and distributed consensus and distributed ledgers blockchains, introducing along the way the necessary cryptographic tools. It will then focus on more advanced blockchain applications, such as smart contracts, that is, contracts written as code. Finally, the course will also introduce some of the legal and policy questions surrounding cryptocurrencies. Units 9 without semesterlong project or 12 with semesterlong project Prerequisites 15213 or equivalent strongly recommended

Prerequisites: none listed

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