CPSC 489 (CryptoCurrencies) Spring 2017; Schedule				Exact timing of weekly topics and reading assignments is somewhat tentative.
week	class	date	day		reading	homework	labs
1	1	17-Jan	Tues	History of Electronic Payment		TBA	TBA
	2	19-Jan	Thurs
2	3	24-Jan	Tues	Introduction to Cryptography	Ch 1
	4	26-Jan	Thurs
3	5	31-Jan	Tues	Introduction to Cryptocurrencies	Ch 1
	6	2-Feb	Thurs
4	7	7-Feb	Tues	Decentralization in CryptoCurrencies	Ch 2
	8	9-Feb	Thurs
5	9	14-Feb	Tues	Consensus and Block Chains	Ch 2
	10	16-Feb	Thurs
6	11	21-Feb	Tues	Proof-of-Work and Mining	Ch 2 & 5
	12	23-Feb	Thurs
7	13	28-Feb	Tues	Bitcoin: Mechanisms	Ch 3
	14	2-Mar	Thurs
8	15	7-Mar	Tues	Midterm Exam
	16	9-Mar	Thurs
9	no class	14-Mar	Tues	Spring Break
	no class	16-Mar	Thurs	Spring Break
10	17	21-Mar	Tues	Storage and Use of Cryptocurrency	Ch 4
	18	23-Mar	Thurs
11	19	28-Mar	Tues	Wallets, Exchanges, Markets	Ch 4
	20	30-Mar	Thurs
12	21	4-Apr	Tues	Mining and Puzzles	Ch 5 & 8
	22	6-Apr	Thurs
13	23	11-Apr	Tues	Cryptocurrencies and Anonymity	Ch 6
	24	13-Apr	Thurs
14	25	18-Apr	Tues	Regulatory Issues	Ch 7
	26	20-Apr	Thurs
15	27	25-Apr	Tues	Beyond Cryptocurrencies	Ch 9
	28	27-Apr	Thurs
16	29	2-May	Tues
		5-May	Thurs	Final Exam		3:00pm-5:00pm