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Blockchain Reading Group

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Mi You (KMW), Sam Hopkins (Kunst), Verena Friedrich (exMedia)


Fachseminar Hauptstudium und weiterqualifizierendes Studium

Dienstag 14-täglich 10:30 – 13:00

Filzengraben 2, Atelier- / Seminarraum H 4.02 (Netze)


Q: What is the blockchain?

A: A decentralised, difficult to hack database, that is shared across a peer-to-peer (P2P) network.

Q: Why is it important?

A: It offers radical potential for managing data in a non-hierarchical manner such as creating cryptocurrencies, sharing ownership and commoning information. Blockchain is where cryptography, distributed systems, politics and economy converge.

Q: What is this seminar about?

A: We will read texts together to understand the structural foundation of the blockchain, and its applications in sociopolitical contexts.


Keywords: replicated database, self-supporting incentive system, consensus rule, proof-of-work scheme, possibility to rethink the valuation of value, the commons, interpretation and assignment of rights and entitlements...

Sessions

April 9, 10.00

Text: "Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System", Satoshi Nakamoto


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satoshi_Nakamoto

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April 23, 10.30

Text: "Why It’s Hard to “Get” Bitcoin: The Blockchain Spectrum", Dhruv Bansal

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May 7, 10.30

To Read:

Ethereum white paper: https://github.com/ethereum/wiki/wiki/White-Paper#ethereum

Please see how far you can get into the text. There are always articles in simpler language to aid you: https://coinsutra.com/ethereum-blockchain-vs-bitcoins-blockchain/

May 14, 10.30 - Guest

May 21, 10.30

June 4, 10.30

June 18, 10.30 - Guest: Denisa Kera

https://usal.academia.edu/DenisaKera

July 2, 10.30

Participants

Yue Georg Florian
Moritz Verena_L Timm
Soo Yeun Camillo Christian
Verena_F Dawid Mattis

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