Course description: Introduction to Blockchain Technology (BC), definition of Blockchain technology (BC), types of BCs and properties of BCs. Bitcoin: How does BC work; Consensus algorithms, Structure and properties of P2P, Broadcasting process in P2P, goals of cryptography, Symmetric-key cryptography, Public-key cryptography, Generation Private, Public and transaction address, Hash Functions, Signing process- Digital signature, Verification Process. Components of BC- Transaction, block, structure of block, target and difficulty calculation.