Lecture 1 — Intro to Crypto and Cryptocurrencies

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First lecture of the Bitcoin and cryptocurrency technologies online course.

For the accompanying textbook, including the free draft version, see: http://bitcoinbook.cs.princeton.edu/

In this lecture (click the time to jump to the section):

  • Cryptographic hash functions 1:51
  • Hash pointers and data structures 20:28
  • Digital signatures 29:25
  • Public keys as identities 39:04
  • A simple cryptocurrency 44:39

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