COMP6451 Cryptocurrency and Distributed Ledger Technologies (UNSW Sydney): rated 2.5/5 overall across 3 reviews collected on UNSW Wall.
COMP6451 is a UNSW Sydney course taught by the Faculty of Engineering in School of Computer Science and Engineering. This page brings together its handbook details and what UNSW students say about it.
Review data updated 2026-10-24.
Chinese title: 加密货币与分布式账本技术
Type: Undergraduate course
Credit points: 6
Subject area: School of Computer Science and Engineering
Faculty: Faculty of Engineering
Level: Postgraduate Level 6
Handbook year: 2026
Cryptocurrency and Distributed Ledger Technologies are a currently emerging area of technology that draws on multiple areas of computer science to implement systems that provide secure infrastructure for important societal functions, including financial transactions and the management of commercial trust relationships. This course aims to develop an understanding of the requirements for electronic payment systems and how these requirements are realised using distributed le…
COMP6451 has 3 scored reviews: overall 2.5/5 (all out of 5; higher difficulty means harder).
Sources: 3 Reddit comments that an AI model judged to be reviewing this course (average would-recommend 2.5/5).
On Reddit: "Hi, I did it start of this year. I found it very tough. Personally, unless you are serious about working in the blockchain/cryptocurrency space and writing in solidity I would avoid it. There's a lot of self learning involved - I found the lectures of very little value to comple…"
On Reddit: "Damn, bro. It is sooo fxxking hard. I'm struggling the Assignment 1 of this course. I can't even understand what the specification means. Did you enrol comp6451 2022T1?"
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Q: Is COMP6451 worth taking?
A: Averaged over 3 reviews: overall 2.5/5.
Q: Which faculty teaches COMP6451, and when is it offered?
A: COMP6451 is taught by the Faculty of Engineering. Check the official handbook for the current year.
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