Introduction

Welcome to Tari Labs University

Our mission: To be the premier destination for balanced and accessible learning material for blockchain, digital currency and digital assets learning material.

We hope to make this a learning experience for us at Tari Labs: as a means to grow our knowledge base and internal expertise or as a refresher-- but we think this will also be an excellent resource for anyone interested in the myriad of disciplines required to understand blockchain technology.

We would like this platform to be a place of learning- accessible to anyone, irrespective of their degree of expertise. Our aim is to cover a wide range of topics that are relevant to the Tari space, starting at a beginner level, extending down a path of deeper complexity.

Errors, Comments and Contributions

We want this collection of educational presentations and videos to be collaborative affair.

This extends to our presentations; we are learning along with you: our content may not be perfect first time around- so we invite you to alert us to errors and issues, or better yet, if you know how to make a pull request to contribute a fix, write the correction and use a pull request.

As much as this learning platform is called Tari Labs University and will see input from many internal contributors and external experts, we would like you to contribute to new material, be it in the form of a suggestion of topics, varying the skill levels of presentations, or posting presentations that you may feel will benefit us as a growing community. In the words of Yoda, “Always pass on what you have learned”.

If you are considering contributing content to Tari Labs University, please be aware of our guiding principles.

Guiding Principles

The topic researched should be potentially relevant to the Tari protocol; Chat to us on #tari-research on IRC if you're not sure.
The topic should be thoroughly researched;
An critical approach should be taken taken (in the academic sense), with critiques and commentaries sought out and presented alongside the main topic. Remember that every white paper promises the world, so go and look for counterclaims.
A recommendation/conclusion section should be included, providing a critical analysis on whether or not the technology/proposal would be useful to the Tari protocol
The work presented should be easy to read and understand, distilling complex topics into a form that is accessible to a technical but non-expert audience. Use your own voice.

The Submission Process

This is the basic process we follow within Tari Labs. As an external contributor, we'd appreciate it if you followed the same process.

Get some agreement from the community that the topic is of interest.
Write up your report.
Push a first draft of your report as a Pull Request.
The community will peer-review the report; much the same as we would with a code PR.
The report gets merged into master.
Receive the Fame and acclaim that is due.

Current Streams

Level	Description
1	Beginner
2	Easy
3	Intermediate
4	Experienced

Stream	Topic	Summary	Level	Target Audience	Format
Cryptography	Crypto101	An intro to elliptic curve math and digital signatures	2	Written by a non-cryptographer for other non-cryptographers	Presentation
General	Non-Fungible Tokens	An intro to non-fungible tokens(NFTs), including the implementation of NFTs, Ethereum standards, and players in the Blockchain-based ticketing industry	1	Anyone interested in NFTs	Presentation
Off-chain Scaling	Lightning Network for Dummies	An intro to the Lightning Network, including examples of its workings, pros and cons	2	All	Presentation
Protocol	MimbleWimble	An intro to MimbleWimble - a protocol that focuses on scalability and privacy through the implementation of confidential transactions	2	Written by a non-cryptographer for other non-cryptographers	Presentation
Protocol	Byzantine Fault Tolerance and Consensus Mechanisms	Understanding Byzantine Generals Problem and how consensus is achieved in cryptocurrencies	1	All	Presentation
Protocol	RGB Protocol	An Introduction to RGB	1	All	Presentation
Technical	Merged Mining	Presents a fundamental understanding to the concept of merged mining, including definitions, relevant case studies and vector attacks	2	All	Report
Technical	Layer 2 Scaling Survey (Part 1)	Presents an overview of different layer 2 scaling solutions being worked at today, as well as a basic SWOT analysis of each	3	All	Report Presentation
Technical	Layer 2 Scaling Survey (Part 2)	Presents an overview of different layer 2 scaling solutions being worked at today, as well as a basic SWOT analysis of each	2	All	Report Presentation
Technical	Layer 2 Scaling Executive summary	Presents the scaling landscape, how it will be applicable to Tari, what the scaling context is for Tari and which viable scaling alternatives exists for Tari	2	All	Presentation
Technical	SPV, Merkle Trees and Bloom Filters	An Introduction to Simple Payment Verification and how it is achieved with Merkle trees and Bloom Filters	1	All	Presentation
Technical	Atomic Swaps	Basics of Atomic Swaps	1	All	Report Presentation
Technical	Scriptless Scripts	Basics of Scriptless Scripts	2	All	Report Presentation

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