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PV204 Security technologies
Cryptocurrencies I. - Bitcoin and Lighting network basics
Petr Švenda svenda@fi.muni.cz @rngsec
Centre for Research on Cryptography and Security, Masaryk University
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Three stages of Lecture and Seminar next week
• [before 15.3. 17:00] Preparation before Monday call
– Watch videos, read slides
• [15.3. 17:00] Monday Q&A
– Write your questions to slido.com #pv204_2021 (as usually)
• [19.3.] Seminar
– Team discussions
– Working with bitcoin-cli
– Bitcoin operations on-chain and via Lighting transactions
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Preparation: Videos for Q&A
• Mandatory part
– Watch ‘But how does bitcoin actually work?’ by 3Blue1Brown (26min)
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bBC-nXj3Ng4
– ‘What is the Lightning Network?’ by 99Bitcoins (7 minutes)
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pBh4DcM-0pg
– Read slides Hello Bitcoin (including notes under every slide)
• From https://www.hellobitco.in/, copy of slides in IS
• Optional:
– Watch ‘A Technical Introduction to The Lightning Network’ by A. Antonopoulos (43min)
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E1n3sKKPD_k
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Further reading
• Mastering Bitcoin (Andreas M. Antonopoulos and others)
– https://github.com/bitcoinbook/bitcoinbook
• List of interesting resources
– https://blockonomi.com/bitcoin-educational-resources/
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• Place/upvote questions in slido
while listening to lecture video
• We will together discuss these
during every week lecture Q&A
(every Monday, 17-18:00)