Introduction to Bitcoins, Blockchains, and Smart Contracts

This presentation, made available by the University of Hawaii at Honolulu, provides an introduction to bitcoins, blockchains, and smart contracts. The presentation was created by Dr. Debasis Bhattacharya, Assistant Professor of Applied Business and Information Technology at University of Hawaii Maui College. Cryptocurrencies and the Bitcoin economy are described as well as smart contracts programmed with Ethereum Blockchains and the Solidity programming language. Cryptocurrencies such as bitcoins use blockchains and smart contracts to enforce transactions. Solidity is the programming language that is used to create smart contracts that are stored on the blockchain.