MITS 6900G - Blockchain Foundations and Technologies

This course covers blockchains - and related technologies - from an architectural perspective. Students will be exposed to the fundamental architectures of core blockchain technologies; distributed applications and their integration with enterprise systems; key business and value drivers of blockchain services; blockchain development and coding best practices; common security vulnerabilities impacting blockchain technologies and smart contracts. This course includes the development and deployment of a custom blockchain using Python, followed by multiple smart contract implementations using Solidity.
Credit hours: 3