Fall Semester 2024-25

• Number of Students: 84 (68 for credit)

• Average Rating by the Students: 4.58/5.0

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Spring Semester 2023-24

• Number of Students: 70 (55 for credit) 

• Average Rating by the Students: 4.95/5.0

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Spring Semester 2023-24

• Number of Students: 80 (71 for credit) 

• Average Rating by the Students: 4.89/5.0

Spring Semester 2022-23

• Number of Students: 109 (89 for credit) 

• Average Rating by the Students: 4.82/5.0

Spring Semester 2021-22

• Number of Students: 149 (125 for credit) 

• Average Rating by the Students: 4.90/5.0

Covered topics:

• Hash Functions and Public-key Cryptography

• The Double-spending Problem

• Bitcoin and Proof-of-Work (PoW)

• Proof-of-stake and other alternatives to PoW

• Programmable Blockchains

• Introduction to Ethereum and Solidity

• Implementing Smart Contracts

• Commitment Schemes

• Auctions and Escrows

• Re-entrancy and Out-of-gas Vulnerabilities

• Incentivization Bugs

Summer Semester 2022-23

• Number of Students: 44 (27 for credit) 

• Average Rating by the Students: 5.0/5.0

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Fall Semester 2022-23

• Number of Students: 39

• Average Rating by the Students: 4.58/5.0

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Spring Semester 2020-21

• Number of Students: 16

• Average Rating by the Students: 4.71/5.0 

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