# Course Syllabus

## Episode 0- Blockchain & Web3 Fundamentals

* Introduction to Blockchain & Web3
  * What is Blockchain?
  * Public vs Private Blockchains
  * Key Components: Nodes, Consensus, Transactions
  * Web3 vs Web2: Why decentralization matters?
* Smart Contracts & dApps
  * What are Smart Contracts?
  * Ethereum vs Substrate-based Blockchains
  * Introduction to Decentralized Applications (dApps)

## Episode 1- CESS Network Introduction

* Course Logistics
* What is CESS?
* Why Choose CESS?
* Decentralized Industry Challenges and Solutions
  * Storage Industry Challenges & Solutions
  * Content Delivery Network Challenges & Solutions
  * AI Training Challenges
* CESS Use Case
* History and Roadmap
* Try Out CESS
* Learn, Explore, Contribute
* Getting in Touch

## Episode 2- CESS Architecture & Key Technologies

* CESS Network Platform Architecture
* Key Technologies
  * Proof of Data Reduplication and Recovery (PoDR$^2$)
  * Proof of Idle Space (PoIS)
  * Multi-format Data Rights Confirmation (MDRC)
  * Random Rotational Selection (R$^2$S) Consensus Mechanism
  * Proxy Re-encryption Technology (PReT)
  * CESS AI-LINK
  * Smart Space Management
* Client Interaction Model

## Episode 3- CESS Ecosystem, and Applications

* CESS Ecosystem & Roles
* Ways to Participate in CESS Ecosystem
* CESS Events
* CESS Applications
  * User: TellyWelly
  * User: DeShare
  * User: DeCloud
  * User: Videown

## Episode 4- CESS Nodes & CESS Account Setup

* CESS Nodes and The Why?
  * Consensus Node
  * Storage Node
  * CDN Node
  * TEE Node
* Tokenomics
* Demo: CESS Account Setup

## Episode 5- Demo: Running a Consensus Node

* System Requirements
* Prerequisites
* Consensus Node Operational Capacity
* Binding Funds
* Consensus Node Installation, Setup and Common Operations

## Episode 6- Demo: Running a Storage Node

* System Requirements
* Prerequisites
* Storage Node Installation, Setup and Common Operations

## Episode 7- CESS DeOSS and DeOSS REST API

* Ways of Development on CESS
  1. Interacting with CESS using DeOSS API and SDKs. Difficulty: ★
  2. Building and Deploying Smart Contracts. Difficulty: ★★
  3. Building Custom Pallets to Integrate with CESS. Difficulty: ★★★
* Why Develop on CESS? CESS Comparision
* What is DeOSS?
* DeOSS System Architecture
  * DeOSS Workflow
  * File Upload Process
  * File Download Process
* Workflow: Interacting with DeOSS
* Demo: Using DeOSS REST API

## Episode 8- dApp Development using Ink! Smart Contract

* Ink! Smart Contract Overview
* Why choose Ink! Smart contract?
* Flipper smart contract walkthrough
* Demo: Deploying Ink! smart contract on CESS
* Interacting with ink! smart contract with use-ink library
* Demo: NFT marketplace example

## Episode 9- dApp Development using Solidity Smart Contract

* Why choose Solidity Smart Contract?
* Commonly Used Libraries
* Substrate-EVM Address Conversion
* Demo: Transferring Funds Between Substrate and EVM
* Demo: Deploying Solidity Smart Contract

## Episode 10- Building Custom Pallet

* Why build your own pallets? Purpose.
* How to contribute to CESS with custom pallets?
* High-Level Description of CESS (Substrate) Framework
* CESS Course Code
* Overview of the CESS Node and Runtime
* Structure of the Runtime
* Integration of Pallets
* Pallets Integrated in CESS Node
* File-bank and Sminer pallets
* Demo: Adding a custom pallet to the CESS Node


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