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Mathematical Foundation of Cryptocurrency - SPECTRO

The ‘Mathematical Foundation of Cryptocurrency’ is a course taught by Peter Kutas (EIT). The course covers mathematical and cryptographic background of important concepts for blockchain, such as elliptic curves, pairings, zero knowledge proofs and verifiable delay functions.

Course content 

The course is structured into four lessons:

  • Elliptic curves (with a quiz at the end)
  • Pairings
  • Zero-knowledge proofs
  • Verifiable delay functions

Recommended reading

For this course, the following are listed as recommended readings:

About SPECTRO 

This course is delivered by SPECTRO. SPECTRO is a consortium consisting of 12 higher education institutions from 7 different countries, 2 innovative SMEs, and one leading research center in Information Systems and EIT Digital. SPECTRO is co-funded by the European Union’s Digital Europe Programme.

Training Offer Details

Website link
Mathematical Foundation of Cryptocurrency - SPECTRO
Target audience
Digital skills for ICT professionals and other digital experts.
Digital technology / specialisation
Cybersecurity
Digital skill level
Advanced
Geographic scope - Country
Austria
Belgium
Bulgaria
Cyprus
Industry - field of education and training
Generic programmes and qualifications not further defined
Target language
English
Geographical sphere
International initiative
Typology of training opportunties
Course
Learning activity
self-motivated study
Assessment type
Online
Training duration
Up to 1 week
Organisation
EIT Digital
Is this course free
Yes
Is the certificate / credential free
Yes
Effort
Part time light
Credential offered
Generic
Self-paced course
Yes
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