Recommended Text

  • [Sherif2016] Mostafa Hashem Sherif, Protocols for Secure Electronic Commerce, 3rd Edition, CRC Press 2016. Fulltext available from CUHK online library for download.
  • [Narayanan2016] Arvind Narayanan, Joesph Bonneau, Edward Felten, Andrew Miller, Steven Goldfeder, Bitcoin and Cryptocurrency Technologies - A Comprehensive Introduction, Princeton University Press, 2016, can be freely downloaded from https://bitcoinbook.cs.princeton.edu
  • [Antonopoulos17] Andreas M. Antonopoulos, Mastering Bitcoin, 2nd Edition, Published by O’Reilly, July 2017, full-text freely available at: https://github.com/bitcoinbook/bitcoinbook
  • [Antonopoulos18] Andreas Antonopoulos, Gavin Wood, Mastering Ethereum - Building Smart Contracts and DApps, Published by O’Reilly, 2018 (available from https://github.com/ethereumbook/ethereumbook/blob/develop/book.asciidoc).

Additional Course Materials

  • [StallingsBrown] Computer Security: Principles and Practice (3rd Edition) by William Stallings and Lawrie Brown, Publisher: Prentice Hall, 2014.
  • [PaarPelzl10] Understanding Cryptography: A Textbook for Students and Practioners by Christof Paar and Jan Pelzl, Published by Springer, 2010.
  • [Kaufman02] Charlie Kaufman, Radia Perlman, Mike Spenciner, Network Security, 2nd Edition, Published by Prentice Hall, 2002.
  • [Hill2018] John Hill, Fintech and the Remaking of Financial Institutions, Academic Press, 2018.
  • [McKinsey2018] McKinsey&Company, “Global Payments 2018: a dynamic industry continues to break new ground”, Oct 2018.
  • [Sidelov2017] Pavlo Sidelov, The World Of Digital Payments: Practical Course (FinTech) Kindle Edition, 2017.
  • [Benson2017] Carol Coye Benson, Scott Loftesness, Russ Jones, Payments Systems in the U.S. - Third Edition: A Guide for the Payments Professional 3rd ed. Edition, Glenbrook Partners, 2017.
  • [King2019] Brett King, Bank 4.0: Banking Everywhere, Never at a Bank 1st Edition, Wiley, ISBN-13: 978-1119506508, ISBN-10: 1119506506, 2019.
  • [Chishti2020] The PayTech Book: The Payment Technology Handbook for Investors, Entrepreneurs, and FinTech Visionaries 1st Edition by Susanne Chishti (Editor), Tony Craddock (Editor), Robert Courtneidge (Editor), Markos Zachariadis (Editor), Publisher: Wiley; 1 edition (January 7, 2020) ISBN-10: 1119551919, ISBN-13: 978-1119551911
  • [Morse2019] Electronic Payment Systems: Law and Emerging Technologies Paperback – August 7, 2019 by Edward A. Morse (Author)
  • [Téllez2017] Jesús Téllez, Sherali Zeadally, Mobile Payment Systems: Secure Network Architectures and Protocols (Computer Communications and Networks), 1st ed. 2017 Edition, Springer.
  • [Kou2003] Weidong Kou, Payment Technologies for E-Commerce, 1st Edition, Springer, 2003.
  • [O’Mahony2001] Donal O’Mahony, Michael Peirce, Hitesh Tewari, Electronic Payment Systems for E-Commerce, 2nd Edition, Artech House, 2001.
  • [CMPIRedbook2012] “Payment, clearing and settlement systems in CPSS countries,” published by the CMPI Red book series published by the BIS Committee on Payment and Settlement Systems, Vol. 2, Nov. 2012, freely available at https://www.bis.org/list/cpmi/index.htm
  • [Pandy2016] “Understanding the Role of Host Card Emulation in Mobile Wallets,” Susan Pandy and Marianne Crowe, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston Payment Strategies, and Brian Russell, Giesecke & Devrient, May 2016.
  • [Crowe2015] “Is Payment Tokenization Ready for Primetime ?”, M. Crowe et al, June 2015.
  • [EY2015] “Mobile Payment – War of Wallets,” EY analysis and interviews, Nov 2015.
  • [ENISA2016] “Security of Mobile Payments and Digital Wallets,” ENISA, Dec 2016.
  • [HCE2014] Host Card Emulation (HCE) 101, A Secure Technology Alliance Mobile & NFC Council White Paper, Aug 2014.
  • [SmartcardAlliance2013] “The Changing U.S. Payments Landscape: Impact on Payment Transactions at Physical Stores,” a Smart Card Alliance white paper, Nov 2013.
  • [HKMAnfc2013] NFC Mobile Payment, HKMA Financial Infrastructure Dept, HKMA Quarterly Bulletin, Dec 2013
  • [HKMAcontactless2012] Development of Contactless Mobile Payment Services, HKMA Financial Infrastructure Dept, HKMA Quarterly Bulletin, Sept 2012.
  • [Wood2014] “The Web 3.0 proposal ”, Gavin Wood, Apr 2014. (availabld from https://gavwood.com/dappsweb3.html, https://gavwood.com/web3lt.html, and https://medium.com/@gavofyork/why-we-need-web-3-0-5da4f2bf95ab)
  • [BitcoinPaper] Satoshi Nakamoto, “Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System,” Oct 2008, https://bitcoin.org/bitcoin.pdf
  • [EthereumWP] The Ethereum White Paper: “A Next-Generation Smart Contract and Decentralized Application Platform,” https://github.com/ethereum/wiki/wiki/White-Paper ; An introductory paper to Ethereum, introduced before launch, which is maintained.
  • [DASP-Top10] Decentralized Application Security Project Top 10 of 2018, https://dasp.co/index.html
  • [SWCRegistry] SWC Registry: Smart Contract Weakness Classification and Test Cases, https://swcregistry.io
  • [ConsenSys2019] “Ethereum Smart Contract Security Best Practices”, ConsenSys Diligence, Jan 2019, https://consensys.github.io/smart-contract-best-practices/
  • [Kasireddy2017] “How does Ethereum work, anyway”, Preethi Kasireddy, Sept 13, 2017: https://www.preethikasireddy.com/post/how-does-ethereum-work-anyway#Story
  • [CBDCasia2019] “Central Bank Digital Currency and Fintech in Asia,” Edited by M.Amstad, B. Huang, P.J. Morgan and S. Shirai, Asian Development Bank Institute, 2019.
  • [CBDA2018] “Central Banking in a Digital Age: Stock-Taking and Preliminary Thoughts,” Eswar Prasad, Hutchins Center at Brookings, 2018, https://www.brookings.edu/research/how-will-fintech-and-digital-currencies-transform-central-banking/
  • [CBDC2018] “Central Bank Digital Currencies,” Committee on Payments and Market Infrastructures - Markets Committee, Bank for International Settlements, March 2018.
  • [NFTvideo2022] “Line Goes Up — The Problem With NFTs”, Jan 22, 2022, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQ_xWvX1n9g
  • [NFTresp2022] “A Response from Tasha Che - a Crypto Expert”, Feb 3, 2022, https://time.com/6144332/the-problem-with-nfts-video/