205Course · Practitioner
Bitcoin Security
The threat model, honestly stated.
The threats a real Bitcoin holder faces: loss, theft, coercion, obsolescence. And, at the network layer, the 51% and eclipse attacks — with the honest math of their cost.
- 01
Enumerate the threats to a Bitcoin holder.
- 02
Design defenses against each.
- 03
Understand the 51% attack and its cost.
Prerequisites
- — Wallets; Mining.
Pacing
~3 hours.
- IModule
Threats
The taxonomy.
- IIModule
Network-level threats
51%, eclipse, and beyond.
A Note from the Faculty
Security is a personal discipline before it is a protocol property.