Intro to Crypto and Cryptocurrencies Bitcoin and Cryptocurrency Technologies Online Course NER

First lecture of the Bitcoin and cryptocurrency technologies online course.

For the accompanying textbook, including the free draft version, see: http://bitcoinbook.cs.princeton.edu/



In this lecture (click the time to jump to the section):
* Cryptographic hash functions 1:51
* Hash pointers and data structures 20:28
* Digital signatures 29:25
* Public keys as identities 39:04
* A simple cryptocurrency 44:39

Lecture 1 — Intro to Crypto and Cryptocurrencies
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fOMVZXLjKYo&list=WL&index=10