Bitcoin Masterclass
THE MASTERCLASS to understand Bitcoin – you will learn the essential knowledge about Bitcoin & related technologies. We cover cryptography, the structure of transactions and blocks and how they are chained, smart contract language, the Lightning protocol as well as software and toolkits to develop on top of the blockchain and Lightning. You will learn directly from world-renowned specialists such as Lightning protocol co-designer Dr. Christian Decker.
NEXT Course: Early 2024 – Date to be announced
- Day 1
Bitcoin Protocol
- Bitcoin Introduction
- Elliptic Curve Math & Cryptography
- Digital Signatures
- Transactions I
– Intro
– Sighash Modifiers
– Timelocks
– Multisig
- Day 2
Bitcoin Protocoll II
- Transactions II (continued)
– P2SH
– OP_Return / Timestamping
– SegWit
– Taproot
– Miniscript - RSMCs / HTLCs
- Blockchain & Mining
- Bitcoin Software
- SPV Clients
- P2P Network
- Day 3
Cryptography
- Digital signatures in practice
– Key management
– Popular Tools
– Applications - Hardware wallets
– Security & Vulnerability
– Pitfalls of multisig
– Backups
- Day 4
Developing Bitcoin Wallets & Bitcoin Core
- All about Wallets
- Different typs of forks / upgrade mechanisms
- Bitcoin Core and the ideology and mind-set of Bitcoin
- Working on Bitcoin Core
- Day 5
Lightning
- History of Lightning Network
- Bitcoin = Lightning
- c-Lightning
- Lightning exercice
…and a cozy Apéro at the end!
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Timetable:
- Start 09:00
- Lunch (included) 12:00
- Start Afternoon 13:15
- End 17:00
Requirements:
- Basic understanding of Bitcoin (make sure you know everything covered in our Bitcoin Fundamentals course)
- Basic familiarity with the command line
- A Telegram account for communication and exchange of information during the course
- Laptop with an Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (native or virtual machine)
Location
HWZ – Hochschule für Wirtschaft Zürich
Lagerstrasse 5
8004 Zürich
Switzerland
Costs:
- Individual / Startup Price: CHF 2’335
(Discount possible thanks to our sponsors) - Corporate Price: CHF 4’935
- Extra discount for students, please contact us!
- Pay in CHF or Bitcoin
- Lunch and drinks included in the price
Teachers:

Christian Decker

Marko Bencun

Filip Gospodinov

Dominik Spicher