Sathyabama Institute of Science and Technology BE CSE SITA3011 Block Chain Technologies Syllabus

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Sathyabama Institute of Science and Technology BE CSE SITA3011 Block Chain Technologies Syllabus

SATHYABAMA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY SCHOOL OF COMPUTING

SITA3011 BLOCK CHAIN TECHNOLOGIES
L T P Credits Total Marks
3 0 0 3 100

UNIT 1 INTRODUCTION TO BLOCKCHAIN 9 Hrs.
Basics of blockchain-Public Ledgers-Block Chain as Public Ledgers-Types of Block chains- Pillars of Block chain-
Government Initiatives of BlockChain-Bitcoin-SmartContracts

UNIT 2 ARCHITECTURE AND CONCEPTUALIZATION OF BLOCK CHAIN, CRYPTO CURRENCIES 9 Hrs.
Block in a Block chain-find Transactions-Distributed Consensus-Proof of work, Stake, Space-Attacks on POW-Ethereum-
Pos/POW Hybrids-Crypto currency to block chain 2.0, Model of Blockchain-Algorand.

UNIT 3 CRYPTO PRIMITIVES, SECURING AND INTERCONNECTING PUBLIC
AND PRIVATE BLOCK CHAINS 9 Hrs.
Hash Function and Merle Tree-Security Properties-Security Considerations for block chain-Digital Signature-Public Key
Cryptography-Bit coinblock chain incentive structures- Nash Equilibriums- evolutionary stable strategies,-and Pareto
efficiency (game theory) Weaknesses and news Points of Failure Mitigation Methods Redundancies and fall-back
methods

UNIT 4 MINING AND CRYPTO CURRENCIES - HOW TO USE AND INTERACT 9 Hrs.
Mining-Pools-Impact of CPU and GPU-Transaction in Bit coin Network- Block Mining-Block propagation and block relay.

UNIT 5 USE CASES-APPLICATIONS IN DIFFERENT AREAS 9 Hrs.
Industry applications of Blockchain-Blockchain in Government-Government use cases-Preventing Cybercrime through block
chain-Block Chain in defense, tax payments.
Max. 45 Hrs.

COURSE OUTCOMES
On completion of the course, student will be able to
CO1 - Explain the structure of a block chain.
CO2 - Analyze the incentive structure in a block chain based system.
CO3 - Judge the scenario where “smart” contract is most appropriate.
CO4 - Identify Basic knowledge of Bitcoin, Ethereum.
CO5 - Apply Blockchain in future use cases for security.
CO6 - Understand the various Block Chain applications.

TEXT / REFERENCE BOOKS
1. Mastering Bitcoin: Unlocking Digital Cryptocurrencies, by Andreas Antonopoulos O’Reilly, 1st Edition, 2014.
2. Blockchain by Melanie Swa, O’Reilly Media 2015.
3. Zero to Block chain - An IBM Redbooks course, by Bob Dill, David Smits.

END SEMESTER EXAMINATION QUESTION PAPER PATTERN
Max. Marks:100 Exam Duration:3 Hrs.
PART A: 10 Question of 2 marks each – No choice 20 Marks
PART B: 2 Questions from each unit of internal choice, each carrying 16 marks 80 Marks