BLOCKCHAIN II

SYLLABUS

PROBLEM SET (choose exercises amounting to a total of 5 points)

LECTURE 1: CONSENSUS

 HASH FUNCTIONS & MERKLE TREE

REFRESHER NAKAMOTO CONSENSUS

PROOF-OF-STAKE 

LECTURE 2: SECURITY OF CONSENSUS

SECURITY NAKAMOTO CONSENSUS 

SECURITY PROOF-OF-STAKE 

LECTURE 3: ETHEREUM DATA

 BFT & PoS

ETHEREUM PoS

ETHEREUM DATA EXTRACTION

LECTURE 4: ETHEREUM ARCHITECTURE

ETHEREUM VIRTUAL MACHINE AND ROLLUPS 

LECTURE 5: TRANSACTION FEES AND MEV

TRANSACTION FEE MECHANISM 

MINER EXTRACTABLE VALUE

LECTURE 6: DeFi

DeFi