Carleton Blockchain

Welcome the Carleton Blockchain Docs site, this is where all the material we will cover in our workshops will be hosted

Introduction

From Bitcoin's revolutionary peer-to-peer electronic cash system in 2009, blockchain technology has evolved into a powerful software paradigm. In this workshop, we'll explore the core concepts behind blockchain, starting with Bitcoin's foundational innovations and examining how they enable trustless, decentralized applications.

Blockchain uses cryptography to automate and enforce trust.

Origins of Bitcoin

Birth of Bitcoin

A high level overview of the technical aspects of Blockchain.

How the Blockchain works

Recap of Event

Self executing code stored on the blockchain network

Intro to Smart Contracts

Overview of Smart Contracts

Introduction to the idea of the Ethereum Virtual Machine

What is the EVM?

Intro to Foundry + Solidity

Pre-requisites?

Deploying and Calling contracts?

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Try it out!

Overview of the wide range of topics we covered today.

TLDR

What is an AI Agent? How can we use them with NEAR?

Getting Started

Differentiators

Role of LLMs in Agents

The Future of AI agents: Why Decentralization Matters

Get Started

Boba and Blockchain

Snacks and Smart Contracts

AI Agents on NEAR

Recap