Bitcoin and Cryptocurrency Technologies by Princeton University (https://www.coursera.org/learn/cryptocurrency)

Welcome

Cryptographic Hash Functions

Hash Pointers and Data Structures

Digital Signatures

Public Keys as Identities

A Simple Cryptocurrency (Goofy Coin & Scrooge Coin)

Programming Assignment: Scrooge Coin

Centralization vs. Decentralization

Distributed Consensus

Consensus without Identity: the Block Chain

Incentives and Proof of Work

Putting It All Together

Bitcoin Transactions

Bitcoin Scripts

Applications of Bitcoin Scripts

Bitcoin Blocks

The Bitcoin Network

Limitations & Improvements

How to Store and Use Bitcoins

Hot and Cold Storage

Splitting and Sharing Keys

Online Wallets and Exchanges

Payment Services

Transaction Fees

Currency Exchange Markets

Programming Assignment: Consensus from Trust

The Task of Bitcoin Miners

Mining Hardware

Energy Consumption & Ecology

Mining Pools

Mining Incentives and Strategies

Anonymity Basics

How to de-anonymize Bitcoin

Mixing

Decentralized Mixing

Zerocoin and Zerocash

Tor and the Silk Road

Consensus in Bitcoin

Bitcoin Core Software

Stakeholders: Who's in Charge?

Roots of Bitcoin

Governments Notice Bitcoin

Anti Money-Laundering

Regulation

New York's BitLicense Proposal

Programming Assignment: Block Chain

Essential Puzzle Requirements

ASIC Resistant Puzzles

Proof-of-useful-work

Nonoutsourceable Puzzles

Proof-of-Stake "Virtual Mining"

Bitcoin as an Append-Only Log

Bitcoin As Smart Property

Secure Multi-Party Lotteries in Bitcoin

Bitcoin As Randomness Source

Prediction Markets & Real-World Data Feeds

Short History of Altcoins

Interaction Between Bitcoin and Altcoins

Lifecycle of an Altcoin

Bitcoin-Backed Altcoins, "Side Chains"

The Block Chain as a Vehicle for Decentralization

Routes to Block Chain Integration

What Can We Decentralize?

When Is Decentralization a Good Idea?