Blockchain Architecture Design (Elective-III)

Unit I

Introduction to Blockchain: Digital Money to Distributed Ledgers, Design Primitives — Protocols, Security, Consensus, Permissions, Privacy. Blockchain Architecture and Design: Basic Crypto Primitives — Hash, Signature, Hashchain to Blockchain, Basic Consensus Mechanisms.

Unit II

Consensus & Permissioned Blockchains: Requirements for Consensus Protocols, Proof of Work (PoW), Scalability Aspects of Blockchain Consensus Protocols. Permissioned Blockchains: Design Goals, Consensus Protocols for Permissioned Blockchains.

Unit III

Hyperledger Fabric: Decomposing the Consensus Process, Hyperledger Fabric Components, Chaincode Design and Implementation, Beyond Chaincode — Fabric SDK and Front End, Hyperledger Composer Tool.

Unit IV

Use Cases — Finance & Supply Chain: Blockchain in Financial Software and Systems (FSS) — Settlements, KYC, Capital Markets, Insurance. Blockchain in Trade/Supply Chain — Provenance of Goods, Visibility, Trade/Supply Chain Finance, Invoice Management and Discounting.

Unit V

Use Case — Government & Security: Blockchain for Government — Digital Identity, Land Records and Record Keeping Between Government Entities, Public Distribution System, Social Welfare Systems. Blockchain Cryptography, Privacy and Security on Blockchain.