Seminar Blockchains - Summer Term 18

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Topics:

* Foundations
- Blockchains
- Cryptographic hash functions
- Consent protocols
* Applications
- Cryptocurrencies
* Smart contracts
- Programming languages
- Verification
* Security
* Mining hardware
- Approximate computing

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Within a decade blockchains and blockchain-based technologies have found widespread use, in particular in well-known cryptocurency applications. Besides covering the basics, the seminar will also be concerned with topics from current research in programming languages for smart contracts and approximate computing in mining hardware.

First Meeting. 18.04.2018, 15-16 Uhr, SR 00-006 (G.-Köhler-Allee 51)