COMP4541 Blockchain, Cryptocurrencies and Smart Contracts
Spring Semester, 2024 - 25
Course Schedule (subject to change)
| Week | Date | Topics | Events |
| 1 | 5 Feb 2025
7 Feb 2025 | Course Introduction
Introduction to Blockchain and Cryptography | |
| 2 | 12 Feb 2025
14 Feb 2025 | Bitcoin and Its Mechanism | Course Add/Drop Due by 15 Feb |
| 3 | 19 Feb 2025
21 Feb 2025 | Bitcoin Scripts and Wallets | Dispatch Assignment 1 after class |
| 4 | 26 Feb 2025
28 Feb 2025 | Consensus in the Internet Setting | |
| 5 | 5 Mar 2025
7 Mar 2025 | Incentives and Accountability in Consensus | Assignment 1 Due by 7 Mar 23:59
Dispatch Assignment 2 after class |
| 6 | 12 Mar 2025
14 Mar 2025 | Ethereum and Its Virtual Machine (EVM) | |
| 7 | 19 Mar 2025
21 Mar 2025 | Programming in Solidity | Assignment 2 Due by 21 Mar 23:59
Dispatch Assignment 3 after class |
| 8 | 26 Mar 2025
28 Mar 2025 | Common Vulnerabilities in Smart Contracts | Dispatch Project during class
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| 9 | | No class this week | |
| 10 | 9 Apr 2025
11 Apr 2025 | Stablecoins and Lending Protocols | Assignment 3 Due by 11 Apr 23:59 |
| 11 | 16 Apr 2025
No class on 18 Apr | Decentralized Exchanges | |
| 12 | 23 Apr 2025
25 Apr 2025 | Maximal Extractable Value (MEV)
NFT | Dispatch Assignment 4 on 23 Apr
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| 13 | 30 Apr 2025
2 May 2025 | Payment Channels and State Channels | |
| 14 | 7 May 2025
9 May 2025 | Rollups: Optimistic and ZK | Assignment 4 Due by 7 May 23:59
Project due by 21 May 23:59 |
| 16 | 22 May 2025 | Open-book Two-hour Final Exam (arrive early)
| 16:30 in TST Sports Ctr MP RM |
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