IT-803 (A) RGPV B.Tech
Blockchain Technology (BT)
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Syllabus, notes and important questions for IT-803 (A)
Syllabus units
Topics as the official RGPV syllabus lists them.
Unit 1 Introduction 16 topics
- Overview of blockchain
- Public ledgers
- Bitcoin
- Smart contracts
- Block structure in a blockchain
- Transactions
- Distributed consensus
- Public vs private blockchain
- Cryptocurrency fundamentals
- Permissioned blockchain model
- Security aspects of blockchain
- Cryptographic hash functions and their properties
- Hash pointers and Merkle trees
- Digital signatures
- Public key cryptography
- Basic cryptocurrency concepts
Unit 2 Understanding Blockchain with Cryptocurrency 17 topics
- Creation of coins in Bitcoin and blockchain
- Payments and double spending prevention
- Bitcoin scripts
- Bitcoin peer‑to‑peer network
- Transactions in the Bitcoin network
- Block mining process
- Block propagation and relay mechanisms
- Distributed consensus in open environments
- Proof of Work (PoW) basics
- HashCash PoW
- Attacks on Bitcoin PoW and monopoly problem
- Proof of Stake consensus
- Proof of Burn mechanism
- Proof of Elapsed Time mechanism
- Lifecycle of a Bitcoin miner
- Mining difficulty adjustment
- Mining pools
Unit 3 Understanding Blockchain for Enterprises 11 topics
- Permissioned blockchain models and use cases
- Design issues for permissioned blockchains
- Executing smart contracts on permissioned ledgers
- State‑machine replication
- Consensus models for permissioned blockchains
- Paxos consensus algorithm
- RAFT consensus algorithm
- Byzantine Generals problem
- Byzantine fault‑tolerant systems
- Lamport‑Shostak‑Pease BFT algorithm
- BFT operation in asynchronous systems
Unit 4 Enterprise Application of Blockchain 8 topics
- Cross‑border payments
- Know Your Customer (KYC) processes
- Food security applications
- Mortgage management on blockchain
- Blockchain‑enabled trade platforms
- We Trade – trade finance network
- Supply‑chain financing
- Digital identity management on blockchain
Unit 5 Blockchain Application Development 9 topics
- Hyperledger Fabric architecture
- Identities and policies in Hyperledger Fabric
- Membership and access control
- Channel configuration
- Transaction validation flow
- Writing smart contracts using Hyperledger Fabric
- Writing smart contracts using Ethereum
- Overview of Ripple platform
- Overview of Corda platform