Blockchain Scalability and its Foundations in Distributed Systems
The University of Sydney
This course teaches blockchain scalability by understanding distributed computing consensus and designing secure, efficient scalable blockchain systems.
About this Course
Blockchain promises to disrupt industries once it will be efficient at large scale. In this course, you will learn how to make blockchain scale. You will learn about the foundational problem of distributed computing, consensus, that is key to create blocks securely. By illustrating limitations of mainstream blockchains, this course will indicate how to improve the technology in terms of security and efficiency. In particular, this course will help you: understand security vulnerabilities of mainstream blockchains; design consensus algorithms that tolerate attacks, and; design scalable blockchain systems
What You'll Learn
- Learn to improve blockchain scalability
- Understand distributed computing consensus for secure block creation
- Analyze security vulnerabilities in mainstream blockchains
- Design consensus algorithms resilient to attacks
- Develop scalable blockchain systems
Prerequisites
- Basic knowledge of mathematics (graphs and sets)
- Understanding of fundamental data structures
Instructors
Vincent Gramoli
Associate Professor