- Learn about symmetric and asymmetric encryption -- What is a public key & private key - How do digital signatures work (not the technical details) - How does encryption work? -- Specifically, how are private and public keys involved? - What is nonce? - What is a peer-to-peer network - What is an overlay network, how is it different from a regular network? - What is an underlay network? - What is a cryptocurrency transaction? - What is a wallet? - Who or what is a miner? - What is a block of transactions? - What does it mean to mine a block? - What is a blockchain? - Who keeps the blockchain? - What does it mean for a transaction to be accepted/confirmed? - What is a client? What does it do? - What is a fork? -- Is it a good thing or a bad thing? -- If it is a bad thing, how are forks handled? - What is the topology of the Bitcoin network, as proposed by Nakamoto? -- How does information propagate across the network?