crypto

• email sep 1
• week 2 work
• nacl implementations - Oct 4
• build a python blockchain - oct 16

blockchain

• state channels for turn based games
• build your own currency on the etherium network
• Dapp tools
• Online course on Etherium and Solidity

Fall Semester Writeup

• Etherium course overview - development tools and solidity - final project

resources

• Applied Cryptograph - Bruce Schneier
• Serious Cryptography - A Practical Introduction to Modern Encryption by Jean-Philippe Aumasson
• Learning About Blockchains by Building One
• Jim's crypto notes
• Scott Aaronson's blog on all things quantum computing
• his book Quantum Computing since Deomocritus

asides

• No, you don't need a blockchain | HackerNews discussion

software

• NaCl - networking & crypto library

Syllabus

• Week 1 - Chapter 1, Encryption
• Week 2 - Chapters 2 and 3 - Randomness and Cryptographic Security
• Week 3 - Chapters 4 and 5 - Block Ciphers and Stream Ciphers
• Week 4 - Chapters 6 and 7 - Hash Functions and Keyed Hashing

Possibly everything below here can be lumped together a bit more or partially skipped

• Week 5 - Chapters 8 and 9 - Authenticated Encryption and Hard Problems
• Week 6 - Chapters 10 and 11 - RSA and Diffie-Hellman
• Week 7 - Chapters 12, 13 and 14 - Elliptic Curves, TLS and Quantum/Post-Quantum