What you'll learn

Build a cryptocoin from scratch using Python
Digitally sign messages and verify signatures
Design and build a tamper-proof blockchain to store any kind of data
Secure your blockchain with a proof-of-work requirement
Open sockets to communicate transactions and block with peers

Requirements

Beginning knowledge of any programming language
Python 3.x
A text editor

Description

Even if you come to this course with absolutely no knowledge of cryptocurrencies, you'll learn the ins and outs like only a blockchain programmer knows. Using only a few Python libraries, we'll build a cryptocurrency from the ground up. You'll learn about digital signatures, hashing and proof-of-work mining. We'll design and build a scheme for decentralized consensus including communicating over TCP/IP sockets. Bring your basic knowledge of Python, and you'll emerge on the other side with a grasp of cryptocurrencies better than 99% of your peers and with a working prototype you can build on.

Armed with your new knowledge, you'll be prepared to make smarter cryptocurrency investment decisions, pursue a career in blockchain programming or just be the smartest crypto-junkie in the room. Clear your weekend and let's go!

Who this course is for:

Programmers of all skill levels who want to learn cryptocurrencies from the inside
Crypto-junkies who want to learn some programming