• Distributed systems and replicated storage.
• Pure Proof of Stake (and green! 🪴) vs Proof of Work.
  • Verifiable Random Functions (VRFs) and leader election.
• Why Algorand?
  • Blockchain trilemma;
  • scalability;
  • performance.

• How to interact with the Algorand node:
  • High level overview of nodes, SDKs, sandboxes.

# Source from ./connect.py

• Public keys, private keys, accounts, and mnemonics.
  • Key table and rekyeing.

# Source from ./account.py

To fund the account, we can use goal (the CLI interface to algod):

goal clerk send -a 1000000 --from $CREATOR_ACCOUNT --to $RECEIVER_ACCOUNT

⛲ ...or we can use the dispenser, since we are working on the testnet.

Also, remember to setup the config.py file to hold the mnemonic of the account you just funded 💰.

# Source from ./tx.py

• You can take a look at transactions using AlgoExplorer (remember to select the testnet if you are developing :)
• From Python, we can use the indexer.

# Source from ./search.py

• Stateful vs Stateless Smart Contracts (ASC1)
• Let's look at simple smart contract (and TEAL!)

# Source from ./stateless.py

• Standard Assets (ASA)
  • NFTs, utility and security tokens, shares.
• Atomic Transfers (AT)
• Multi-signature accounts (k out of n)
• 🧱 building blocks to a world of decentralized applications.