PGD Block Chain Technology Introduction to Block Chain Syllabus - Mumbai University
This is the University of Mumbai syllabus for the P.G. Diploma in Block Chain Technology under NEP 2020, approved by the Academic Council on 7 July 2023 and in force from the academic year 2023-24. It is the only syllabus the University has published for this diploma, and it has not been revised since.
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Syllabus for Introduction to Block Chain
Unit I 15 [OC1]
- Blockchain: Introduction, growth, distributed systems, history of blockchain and bitcoin, types of blockchain, consensus CAP theorem and blockchain.
- Decentralization: Decentralization using blockchain, methods of decentralization, blockchain and full ecosystem decentralization, smart contracts, decentralized organisations, platforms for decentralization.
Unit II 15 [OC2]
- Symmetric Cryptography: Working with openSSL command line, Introduction, Mathematics, Cryptography, Confidentiality, Integrity, Authentication, Non-repudiation, Accountability, Cryptographic primitives, Symmetric cryptography, data encryption standard, advanced encryption standard.
- Public Key Cryptography: Asymmetric cryptography, Public and private keys, RSA, Discrete logarithm problem in ECC, Hash functions, RSA digital signature algorithm, Elliptic Curve Digital Signature Algorithm, Financial markets and trading
Unit III 15 [OC3]
- Bitcoin: Introduction, definition, digital keys and addresses, transactions, blockchain, mining,
- Bitcoin network and payments: Bitcoin network, Wallets, payments, innovation
- Bitcoin Clients and APIs: Bitcoin installation, Types of bitcoins core clients, setting up bitcoin node, setting up source code, setting up bitcoin.conf, setting up a node testnet, setting up a node regtest, experiment with cli, bitcoin programming and cli.
Unit IV 15 [OC4 AND OC5]
- Alternative coins: Theoretical foundations, bitcoin limitations, Namecoin, Litecoin, Primecoin, Zcash. Smart contracts: History, definition, Ricardian contracts.
- Alternative Blockchains: Blockchains, platforms and frameworks.
- Blockchain outside the currencies: Internet of things, IoT blockchain experiment, government, health, finance, media.
Books and References
- 1 Mastering Blockchain, Imran Bashir, Packt, Second, 2018
- 2 Architecture for Blockchain Applications, Xiwei Xu, Ingo Weber, Mark Staples, Springer, 2019
Reproduced from the University of Mumbai syllabus for P.G. Diploma in Block Chain Technology under NEP 2020, in force from the academic year 2023-24. Wording, unit numbering and lecture allocation are as printed in that syllabus. The PDF above is the syllabus's own page, unaltered.
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