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<title>CCC: Cryptocurrency Course slide set</title>
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# CS 4501
### Cryptocurrency
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<a href="http://www.cs.virginia.edu/~asb">Aaron Bloomfield</a> (aaron@virginia.edu)<br>
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## Daily Announcements
## Fall 2023
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<section class="center"><img src="https://www.cs.virginia.edu/~asb2t/ccc-img/matrix-bitcoin-millions.png" class="stretch" style="padding:0px" class="center">From <a href='https://www.zerocodenft.com/post/best-non-fungible-tokens-jokes-nft-memes-top-10'>here</a></p><!-- comic slide --></section>
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## Lecture 5: Fri, Sep 1st
- [BTC](https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/BTC-USD): `$`25,997; [ETH](https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/ETH-USD): `$`1,647; [ETH gas](https://etherscan.io/gastracker): 21 gwei => `$`0.73
- Homeworks
- [HW P1: Cryptocurrency Introductory](../hws/intro/index.html) is due Tuesday (Sep 5th) by midnight
- Gradescope submission opens up 3 days before it is due
- A note about the auto-grader scripts...
- HW S2 is a reading (the [Bitcoin whitepaper](https://bitcoinwhitepaper.co/))
- The earliest it will be due is next Friday (Sep 8th), and possibly the following Monday (Sep 11th)
- A PDF of it is also in Canvas' Files (named [bitcoin-whitepaper.pdf](https://canvas.its.virginia.edu/files/2742769/download?download_frd=1))
- Support requests are now open
- Canvas now has anonymous feedback!
- Office hours are in full swing, and are on the [Canvas landing page](https://canvas.its.virginia.edu/courses/72253)
- Alex won't have his today, though
- Upcoming HWs (not yet ready!)
- HW P2 (due Tue, Sep 14th) will be on ECDSA
- This will be released early next week, once we have seen the material in lecture
- HW P3 (due Tue, Sep 21st) will be on Bitcoin's blockchain
- HW P4 (due Tue, Sep 28th) will be on Bitcoin scripting
- Today we will continue with [Encryption](../slides/encryption.html#/), starting on 4.7
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<section class="center"><img src='https://www.cs.virginia.edu/~asb2t/ccc-img/mining-house.webp' class='stretch' style="padding:0"><p class='center'>From <a href='https://www.reddit.com/r/HolUp/comments/q57ha2/tell_me/'>reddit</a></p><!-- comic slide --></section>
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## Lecture 4: Wed, Aug 30th
- [BTC](https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/BTC-USD): `$`27,422; [ETH](https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/ETH-USD): `$`1,718; [ETH gas](https://etherscan.io/gastracker): 18 gwei => `$`0.65
- Homeworks
- HW S1: course introduction survey was due yesterday (Aug 29th) by midnight
- Summary on the next slide
- [HW P1: Cryptocurrency Introductory](../hws/intro/index.html) is due Tuesday (Sep 5th) by midnight
- It's all ready in the repo
- Gradescope submission opens up 3 days before it is due
- A note about the auto-grader scripts...
- HW S2 will be a reading (the [Bitcoin whitepaper](https://bitcoinwhitepaper.co/)), due in early September
- A PDF of it is also in Canvas' Files (named [bitcoin-whitepaper.pdf](https://canvas.its.virginia.edu/files/2742769/download?download_frd=1))
- Support requests are now open
- Office hours are in full swing, and are on the [Canvas landing page](https://canvas.its.virginia.edu/courses/72253)
- Alex won't have his this Friday, though
- Upcoming HWs (not yet ready!)
- HW P2 (due Tue, Sep 14th) will be on ECDSA
- HW P3 (due Tue, Sep 21st) will be on Bitcoin's blockchain
- HW P4 (due Tue, Sep 28th) will be on Bitcoin scripting
- Today we will start on [Encryption](../slides/encryption.html#/)
## Survey Summary
- Some questions were a Likert scale (1-5) where 1 is "very little", 3 is neutral, and 5 is "very much"
- Encryption: RSA familarity: 2.45
- Hashing familiarity: 2.90
- Cryptocurrency familiarity: 2.36
- Tor familiarity: 1.90
- Cryptocurrency knowledge: 2.18
- Residencies:
- Virginia: 59/67
- Other US state: 6/67 (NY x 2, NJ, IL, PA, FL)
- Other country: 2/67 (India, China)
- Cryptocurrencies of interest: Cardano, Dogecoin, Monero, Ripple, Optimism, Arbitrum
- And a few others already in the slide sets
- Other areas of interst: FTX and SBF, MEV, and some topics already in the rotation
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<section><img src='https://www.cs.virginia.edu/~asb2t/ccc-img/twitter-investments.png' class='stretch' style="padding:0;background:transparent">From <a href='https://twitter.com/sprainhill/status/1492861918419329025'>X</a> (formerly known as Twitter)</p><!-- comic slide --></section>
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## Lecture 3: Mon, Aug 28th
- [BTC](https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/BTC-USD): `$`26,094; [ETH](https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/ETH-USD): `$`1,651; [ETH gas](https://etherscan.io/gastracker): 31 gwei => `$`1.08
- Homeworks
- HW S1: course introduction survey is due tomorrow (Aug 29th) by midnight
- The link is on the [Canvas landing page](https://canvas.its.virginia.edu/courses/72253)
- I'll have a summary of the responses Wednesday or Friday
- [HW P1: Cryptocurrency Introductory](../hws/intro/index.html) is due next Tuesday (Sep 5th) by midnight
- It's all set
- Gradescope submission opens up 3 days before it is due
- HW S2 will be a reading (the [Bitcoin whitepaper](https://bitcoinwhitepaper.co/)), due in early September
- A PDF of it is also in Canvas' Files (named [bitcoin-whitepaper.pdf](https://canvas.its.virginia.edu/files/2742769/download?download_frd=1))
- Support requests are now open
- Office hours are all set, and are on the [Canvas landing page](https://canvas.its.virginia.edu/courses/72253)
- They start this week (TA office hours start once we get our room assignment)
- Alex won't have his this Friday, though
- Upcoming HWs (not yet ready!)
- HW P2 (due Tue, Sep 14th) will be on ECDSA
- HW P3 (due Tue, Sep 21st) will be on Bitcoin's blockchain
- HW P4 (due Tue, Sep 28th) will be on Bitcoin scripting
- Today we will likely finish the [Cryptocurrency overview](../slides/overview.html#/) slide set, starting at 5.2
- Next up: [Encryption](../slides/encryption.html#/)
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<section class="center"><h2 class='xkcd'>Blockchain</h2><img src="https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/blockchain.png" title="Blockchains are like grappling hooks, in that it's extremely cool when you encounter a problem for which they're the right solution, but it happens way too rarely in real life." alt="Blockchain" srcset="https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/blockchain_2x.png 2x" style="image-orientation:none" ><p class='center'><a href='http://xkcd.com/2267/'>xkcd # 2267</a></p><!-- comic slide --></section>
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## Lecture 2: Fri, Aug 25th
- [BTC](https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/BTC-USD): `$`26,022; [ETH](https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/ETH-USD): `$`1,644; [ETH gas](https://etherscan.io/gastracker): 25 gwei => `$`0.86
- Homeworks
- HW S1: course introduction survey is due next Tuesday (Aug 29th) by midnight
- The link is on the [Canvas landing page](https://canvas.its.virginia.edu/courses/72253)
- [HW P1: Cryptocurrency Introductory](../hws/intro/index.html) is due the following Tuesday (Sep 5th) by midnight
- It's all ready to go
- Gradescope submission opens up exactly 3 days before it is due
- HW S2 will be a reading (the [Bitcoin whitepaper](https://bitcoinwhitepaper.co/)), due in early September
- A PDF of it is also in Canvas' Files (named [bitcoin-whitepaper.pdf](https://canvas.its.virginia.edu/files/2742769/download?download_frd=1))
- Upcoming HWs (not yet ready!)
- HW P2 (due Tue, Sep 14th) will be on ECDSA
- HW P3 (due Tue, Sep 21st) will be on Bitcoin's blockchain
- HW P4 (due Tue, Sep 28th) will be on Bitcoin scripting
- Office hours start next week
- All are currently TBA; the times will be posted this weekend, but the locations may not be ready until Monday
- This all will be on the [Canvas landing page](https://canvas.its.virginia.edu/courses/72253)
- Today we will work through the [Cryptocurrency overview](../slides/overview.html#/) slide set
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