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PhD course Data Science: Crypto and Incentive-based Mechanisms for Blockchain Technology

Speaker: 
Vangelis Markakis (University of Athens), Ivan Visconti (University of Salerno), Andrea Vitaletti (Sapienza University of Rome), Philip Lazos (Input Output IOG, United Kingdom)
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Data dell'evento: 
Lunedì, 25 September, 2023 - 09:30 to Venerdì, 29 September, 2023 - 12:30
Luogo: 
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Contatto: 
leonardi@diag.uniroma1.it

Speaker: Vangelis Markakis (University of Athens), Ivan Visconti (University of Salerno), Andrea Vitaletti (Sapienza University of Rome), Philip Lazos (Input Output IOG, United Kingdom)

 

Title: Crypto and Incentive-based Mechanisms for Blockchain Technology

3CFU

 

Abstract:

1st part) The Blockchain Era started with the cryptocurrency Bitcoin that Nakamoto designed by crucially and cleverly using digital signatures and cryptographic hash functions. Nowadays mainstream blockchains and their applications strongly rely on more advanced cryptographic tools that in the past were considered of theoretical interest only. The goal of this course is to overview the various cryptographic notions that have played a key-role for the success of blockchains and their applications.

 

2nd part) The purpose of these lectures is to provide an overview of game-theoretic and economic aspects that arise in the design and analysis of blockchain protocols. To this end, we will present recent research that has been carried out on the following selected list of topics: 1) design and analysis of reward sharing schemes in Proof of Stake protocols, where the goal is to decide how to split rewards from block production to the players 2) governance in blockchain systems, concerning the design of voting rules for decision making in decentralized autonomous organizations, 3) transaction fee mechanism design, which concerns the design of appropriate policies for congestion control, 4) tokenomics, involving economic policies for the supply and distribution of tokens in a cryptocurrency system, and 5) stable coins, where the goal is to design cryptocurrencies that can be pegged to a real reserve asset, such as fiat currency. 



 

Date

Time

Room

Lesson

Speaker

25/09/2023

9.30-12.30

B203

Blockchain Technology and Data Decentralization: Principles and Applications

Andrea Vitaletti

25/09/2023

14.00-17.00

B203

Cryptographic Hash Functions 

Ivan Visconti

26/09/2023

9.30-12.30

B203

Zero-Knowledge Proofs

Ivan Visconti

26/09/2023

14.00-17.00

B203

Signature Schemes 

Ivan Visconti

27/09/2023

9.30-12.30

B203

Other Cryptographic Primitives/Protocols

Ivan Visconti

27/09/2023

14.00-17.00

B203

Reward Sharing Schemes in Proof of Stake Blockchains

Vangelis Markakis

28/09/2023

9.30-12.30

B203

Governance in Blockchain Systems

Vangelis Markakis

28/09/2023

14.00-17.00

B203

Transaction Fee Mechanism Design

Philip Lazos

29/09/2023

9.30-12.30

B203

Tokenomics

Philip Lazos

 

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