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Required Readings

Books

Bashir, I. (2017). Mastering Blockchain. Packt Publishing.
Aumasson, J.-P. (2018). Serious Cryptography : A Practical Introduction to Modern Encryption. No Starch Press.
Stapleton, J. J. (2016). Security without Obscurity : A Guide to PKI Operations.Auerbach Publications.
Karame, G., & Androulaki, E. (2016). Bitcoin and Blockchain Security. Artech House.

Unit 1

Bashir, I. (2017). Mastering Blockchain. Packt Publishing.
Please read:
Chapter 1: “Blockchain 101”
Chapter 2: “Decentralization”
Essentials of Blockchain: Introduction to Blockchain (Video)
Essentials of Blockchain: What is a Blockchain? (Video)

Unit 2

Bashir, I. (2017). Mastering Blockchain. Packt Publishing.
Please read:
Chapter 13: “Current Landscape and What’s Next”
Essentials of Blockchain: Private Blockchain (Video)
Essentials of Blockchain: Public Blockchain (Video)

Unit 3

Bashir, I. (2017). Mastering Blockchain. Packt Publishing.
Please read:
Chapter 3, “Cryptography and Technical Foundations”
Aumasson, J.-P. (2018). Serious Cryptography : A Practical Introduction to Modern Encryption. No Starch Press.
Please read:
Chapter 1, “Encryption”
Securing Blockchain Implementations: Security in Blockchain (Video)
Cryptography Fundamentals: Introducing Cryptography
Securing Blockchain Implementations: Security Paradigms in Blockchain

Unit 4

Aumasson, J.-P. (2018). Serious Cryptography : A Practical Introduction to Modern Encryption. No Starch Press.
Please read:
Chapter 2: “Randomness”
Chapter 3: “Cryptographic Security”
Chapter 4: “Block Ciphers”
Essentials of Blockchain: Bitcoin Security
Essentials of Blockchain: Bitcoin Security Issues
Cryptography Fundamentals: Using AES Block Algorithm
Cryptography Fundamentals: Using SHA2

Unit 5

Stapleton, J. J. (2016). Security without Obscurity : A Guide to PKI Operations.Auerbach Publications.
Please read:
Chapter 3: “PKI Building Blocks”
Chapter 4: “PKI Management and Security”
Chapter 5: “PKI Roles and Responsibilities”
Karame, G., & Androulaki, E. (2016). Bitcoin and Blockchain Security. Artech House.
Please read:
Chapter 3, “Bitcoin Protocol Specification”
Essentials of Blockchain: Digital Certificates
Cryptography Fundamentals: Working with Asymmetric
CISSP: Public Key Infrastructure (PKI)
Security+: PKI Overview

Unit 6

Bashir, I. (2017). Mastering Blockchain. Packt Publishing.
Please read:
Chapter 4: “Bitcoin”
Chapter 7: “Ethereum 101”
Chapter 9: “Hyperledger”
Essentials of Blockchain: Benefits of Blockchain
Essentials of Blockchain: Blockchain’s Limitations
Blockchain Architectural Components & Platforms: Blockchain Platforms

Unit 7

Bashir, I. (2017). Mastering Blockchain. Packt Publishing.
Please read:
Chapter 11, “Blockchain – Outside of Currencies”

Unit 8

Unit 9

Bashir, I. (2017). Mastering Blockchain. Packt Publishing.
Please read the following:
Chapter 12: Scalability and Other Challenges
Karame, G., & Androulaki, E. (2016). Bitcoin and Blockchain Security. Artech House.
Please read the flollowing:
Chapter 9, “Blockchain Beyond Bitcoin”
Essentials of Blockchain: Future Opportunities
Essentials of Blockchain: Blockchain Experimentality

Unit 10

Bashir, I. (2017). Mastering Blockchain. Packt Publishing.
Please read the following:
Chapter 12, “Scalability and Other Challenges”
Karame, G., & Androulaki, E. (2016). Bitcoin and Blockchain Security. Artech House.
Please read the following:
Chapter 9, “Blockchain Beyond Bitcoin”

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