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Lectures

DateLectureTopicLecturerStudy & Teaching Materials
6.10.2023Lec 1 & 2BitcoinMarek Bielik[https://courses.fit.cvut.cz/NIE-BLO/lectures/files/btc_handout.pdf], [https://courses.fit.cvut.cz/NIE-BLO/lectures/files/btc_slides.pdf]. The Bitcoin handout is the recommended study material for the first two lectures. The slides are supplementary.
20.10.2023Lec 3-4Introduction to web3 and security audits + Smart contract hacksJosef Gattermayer, Ph.D., Jan Kalivoda[https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1kMIehf0i3rwWTlqMFaiG0n6zohmbOqe7jxQ1FBxrQ-E/edit?usp=sharing]. Introduction to the web3 ecosystem and security audits, example audit report, how to read it and write it. More about [https://www.coinbureau.com/education/blockchain-security-audits/], more about [https://youtu.be/N-lGQlDZ_JE?list=PL5XEIFcmLHCMu-dNGvfThbUx0o16QEiVW&t=427].
3.11.2023Lec 5-6EVMMiroslav Škrabal[https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1CjIClwsNewrvFK1dNyIbYyY9ICr7v5Z1lpwcK2LuzIE/edit?usp=sharing] Introduction to Ethereum Virtual Machine, Ethereum Yellow Paper.
10.11.2023Lec 7-8Systems design, hands-on developmentJakub Růžička[https://drive.google.com/file/d/1tyMP7ZfbcCbQftDQyRytfRIOS55YstAw/view]. The "System Design and Hands-On Development" lecture features an interactive discussion on when blockchain is a good or bad fit, demonstrated on widely used products and services. It covers design decisions around the architecture of blockchain-based software, most-used tools, programming languages (including platform-specific ones), and high-level libraries. It also includes code walkthroughs/explanations of simple scripts. The two follow-up labs give a short introduction to system design and practical security (a bridge to the next lecture) and let students practice their skills on mock projects, under the guidance of the course lecturers. They are concluded with presentations of the created design docs to the whole study group.
1.12.2023Lec 9-10Static analysis, Wake frameworkMichal PřevrátilPrinciples of static analysis applied to Ethereum smart contracts, architecture and design of Wake framework detectors. [https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1Cz6_tq-g4bYFtkCwx4GvuzUCXpN2dMIOo8f-TynliEU/edit?usp=sharing]
15.12.2023Lec 11-12Account Abstraction (online)Alex ForshtatWhat are the problems associated with private key controlled (aka Externally Owned) accounts in blockchains? How to solve them with Account Abstaction? And what are the difficulties we are still facing? https://www.erc4337.io/, https://eips.ethereum.org/EIPS/eip-4337, https://github.com/eth-infinitism/account-abstraction/, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eyT6WzJmWyc