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Assessment of an individual assignment.
Assessment of assignments.

The course aims to acquaint students with the principles and protocols in fully decentralized (P2P) network communication. While aspects of client-server communication are important, the less traditional but emerging peer-to-peer blockchain scheme and its integration into the Internet is an alternative that allows us to achieve unique features in terms of availability, transparency, and trust. This course focuses on the technical aspects of blockchain systems, smart contracts, and decentralized applications. Students will learn how these systems are built, how to communicate with them, and how to design & create secure decentralized applications. Students will also exercise the acquired knowledge in practice through a semestral assignment.
Advanced theoretical and practical knowledge in the field of decentralized computing platforms, their types, consensual protocols, and problems associated with them. Knowledge of terminology, unique properties of blockchain, knowledge of advanced integrity-preserving data structures and algorithms used in blockchains and smart contract platforms. Knowledge of practical use cases and their potential vulnerabilities. Knowledge of the problem of scalability and anonymity and variants of their solution. Ability to design, deploy, and manage custom decentralized applications and solutions.
Students will understand the importance and use of blockchain and decentralized smart contract computing platforms.

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Solidity Documentation, https://solidity.readthedocs.io/
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