Abstract:

You've probably heard of blockchain and are wondering how to get in as a python developer. Then this is the talk for you. You will learn about blockchain fundamentals and smart contracts. We will focus on three blockchains; Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Tezos under the following topics:

1. Fundamentals of Blockchain.

   • public key
   • private key
   • address
   • wallets (hot wallet, cold wallet, HD wallet)

2. Blockchain Nodes, Indexers & Blockchain Explorers.

3. Smart Contracts

Here are links to some python libraries we would use;

• https://github.com/petertodd/python-bitcoinlib
• https://github.com/ethereum/web3.py
• https://pytezos.org/

We will use Python 3.