An Introduction to Blockchain

Learn the basics behind a blockchain network and design your very simple own blockchain

Feb 23, 2022, 11:00 PM – Feb 24, 2022, 12:00 AM

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Key Themes

Machine Learning

About this event

Nowadays we are increasingly hearing about crypto currencies and NFTs, but how do these technologies work and what makes blockchain such an important topic in these areas. During this event we will go over a brief history of blockchain and bitcoin and at the end a quick demo of a simple blockchain implementation will be shown.


What are we going to cover?

  • What is blockchain and its history.
  • Why has blockchain been through a sudden rise in popularity?
  • The relationship between blockchain and crypto-currencies.
  • Build your very own blockchain with the help of Python.


Requirements:

Python 3


How to RSVP and Attend:

RSVP should be through the GDSC event website as usual. The event will take place on zoom and it will also be recorded 

Organizers

  • Ishita Wadhwa

    GDSC McMasterU

    GDSC Lead

  • Colin Chambachan

    GDSC McMasterU

    Vice President

  • Hashim B

    Vice President

  • Xuan La

    Vice President

  • Avani Sharma

    GDSC McMasterU

    Marketing and Branding Co-Lead

  • Ayah Hijazi

    Incubator Team Co-Lead

  • Punya Cheema

    GDSC McMasterU

    Incubator Team Co-Lead

  • Tushar Aggarwal

    GDSC McMasterU

    Incubator Team Co-Lead

  • Dharmik Joshi

    Open Source Team Co-Lead

  • Rawan Mahdi

    Open Source Team Co-Lead

  • Zareentasnim Kabir

    GDSC McMasterU

    Open Source Team Co-Lead

  • Harmanpreet Singh Sagar

    GDSC McMasterU

    Community Team Co-Lead

  • Hussain Muhammed

    GDSC McMaster U

    Community Team Co-Lead

  • Omar Alam

    GDSC McMasterU

    Community Team Co-Lead

  • Aniedi Udo-Obong

    Regional Leader

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