Undergraduate Course: Blockchains and Distributed Ledgers (UG) (INFR11238)
Course Outline
| School | School of Informatics |
College | College of Science and Engineering |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Year 4 Undergraduate) |
Availability | Available to all students |
| SCQF Credits | 10 |
ECTS Credits | 5 |
| Summary | This course follows the delivery and assessment of Blockchains and Distributed Ledgers (INFR11144) exactly. Undergraduate students must register for this course, while MSc students must register for INFR11144 instead. |
| Course description |
This course follows the delivery and assessment of Blockchains and Distributed Ledgers (INFR11144) exactly. Undergraduate students must register for this course, while MSc students must register for INFR11144 instead.
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Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | This course is available to visiting students. |
| High Demand Course? |
Yes |
Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2023/24, Available to all students (SV1)
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Quota: None |
| Course Start |
Semester 1 |
Timetable |
Timetable |
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
100
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Lecture Hours 20,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 2,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
78 )
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| Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
70 %,
Coursework
30 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) |
70% Exam
30% coursework |
| Feedback |
Not entered |
| Exam Information |
| Exam Diet |
Paper Name |
Hours & Minutes |
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| Main Exam Diet S1 (December) | Blockchains and Distributed Ledgers (UG) (INFR11238) | 2:00 | |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- explain and Analyze protocols and systems involving multiple participants and their security properties
- demonstrate the ability to think critically about cybersecurity
- program smart contracts as part of scalable information technology services
- analyse and evaluate smart contract code utilizing basic cryptographic primitives such as digital signatures and hash functions
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Reading List
Bitcoin and Cryptocurrency Technologies by Arvind Narayanan, Joseph Bonneau, Edward Felten, Andrew Miller, Steven Goldfeder. http://bitcoinbook.cs.princeton.edu
The Bitcoin Backbone Protocol: Analysis and Applications, Juan Garay and Aggelos Kiayias and Nikos Leonardos. https://eprint.iacr.org/2014/765 |
Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
Familiarity with cryptography, cyber security, decentralized systems, databases, open source software. |
| Keywords | bitcoin,distributed systems,cryptography,BDL |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Petros Wallden
Tel: (0131 6)51 5631
Email: petros.wallden@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Miss Yesica Marco Azorin
Tel: (0131 6)505113
Email: ymarcoa@ed.ac.uk |
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