<oembed><type>rich</type><version>1.0</version><title>edilmedeiros wrote</title><author_name>edilmedeiros (npub1uu…3hr2k)</author_name><author_url>https://yabu.me/npub1uu8sdgm7geznwnaxhfgqs5wp6slhpm8tsdy6u852v72jawyk0faqc3hr2k</author_url><provider_name>njump</provider_name><provider_url>https://yabu.me</provider_url><html>Would you take a Bitcoin protocol course with the following lecture plan?&#xA;&#xA;What am I missing?&#xA;&#xA;https://github.com/edilmedeiros/bitcoin-course&#xA;&#xA;---&#xA;**Part 1: Money, Bitcoin, and the Need for Decentralization**&#xA;&#xA;1. What is Money? Why It Breaks&#xA;2. Decentralization and Its Challenges&#xA;3. Bitcoin’s High-Level Architecture&#xA;&#xA;**Part 2: Cryptographic Foundations for Bitcoin**&#xA;&#xA;4. Finite Fields and Modular Arithmetic&#xA;5. Elliptic Curves and secp256k1&#xA;6. Digital Signatures: ECDSA and Schnorr&#xA;7. Cryptographic Hashes&#xA;&#xA;**Part 3: Understanding Bitcoin Transactions**&#xA;&#xA;8. Transaction Serialization Basics (Legacy)&#xA;9. Bitcoin Script Language: Stack Semantics and p2pk&#xA;10. Bitcoin Script Contracts: p2pkh and p2sh&#xA;11. Transaction Malleability: The Problem and Motivation for SegWit&#xA;12. SegWit Transactions: p2wpkh and p2wsh&#xA;13. Advanced Script Features (Optional/Buffer)&#xA;&#xA;**Part 4: Wallets — From Keys to Usability**&#xA;&#xA;14. Private Keys, Public Keys, and Addresses&#xA;15. Mnemonics and BIP39&#xA;16. Hierarchical Deterministic Wallets (BIP32)&#xA;17. Wallet Architecture and Security Models&#xA;&#xA;**Part 5: Mining, Proof of Work, and Settlement**&#xA;&#xA;18. Proof of Work and Mining&#xA;19. Merkle Trees and Blockchain Structure&#xA;20. Chain Splits, Reorgs, and Settlement Assurance&#xA;&#xA;**Part 6: Second Layers and the Future of Bitcoin**&#xA;&#xA;21. Bitcoin&#39;s Security Guarantees&#xA;22. Conceptual Introduction to Lightning Network&#xA;23. Other Scaling Visions and Open Problems&#xA;</html></oembed>