Two-Days Bitcoin Training

Stéphane Roche, Bitcoin expert, founder of https://www.bitcoin-studio.com, invites you to a two-days Bitcoin training, during the week-end.

GOALS
Focused on the practical use of Bitcoin, participants will install the Bitcoin Core software on their machine and perform different kind of transactions. First day will be focused on P2PKH, used to send bitcoins to someone. We will also write data on the blockchain with OP_RETURN. Second day will be focused on P2SH, which consists of locking bitcoins to a script (puzzles, timelocks, hashlocks, multi-signatures). And we will then spend from it.

You will learn how Bitcoin transaction works internally, what we can do with Bitcoin scripts, all kinds of useful Bitcoin Core commands, etc.

The workshop will alternate between practice and just enough theory to better grasp the technology. We will cover all the most important things you need to know, how the Bitcoin blockchain works, wallets and the different types of transactions. We will not spend too much time on the new Segwit format as it is not essential to understand how Bitcoin works.

After this week-end, you should have a good understanding of the technology, and capable of sending and locking bitcoins in various ways. Chances are you will never look at Bitcoin the same way!

PUBLIC AND PREREQUISITE
This workshop is a hands-on training accessible to everybody. Attendees don't need prior knowledge of Bitcoin, blockchain or computer science.
We will type some Bash commands in a terminal and use a Node.js console. Also we will follow along a BitcoinJS tutorial that contains very basic Javascript code. Even if you are not confortable with that you should be fine, the instructor will be here to help you.

You will need to have Bitcoin Core, Node.js and a code editor installed on your computer. You can use this Linux virtual machine image that contains everything you need http://cryptotux.org/ Especially recommended if you are on Windows.

We will work on Regtest, a local blockchain, so you don't need to download the Testnet blockchain.

Almost all teaching material is open source, available at https://www.bitcoin-studio.com/resources
You can start preparing the course by following 1.0 and 2.0 of this tutorial https://github.com/bitcoin-studio/Bitcoin-Programming-with-BitcoinJS

PRACTICAL INFORMATION

Price is 50 euros for the two days, payable in cash or Bitcoin.
The workshop is limited to 15 attendees.
Please confirm your presence by mail at rstephane@protonmail.com.