Introduction to Blockchain Technologies
Completed by Chloe Chan
September 16, 2025
20 hours (approximately)
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What you will learn
Explain how blockchain works, including its relationship to Bitcoin, cryptography, consensus, and decentralized trust.
Compare blockchain network types and evaluate their key design principles, stakeholders, and strategic tradeoffs.
Assess the opportunities and challenges of blockchain adoption, including scalability, governance, regulation, and security considerations.
Skills you will gain
- Category: Public Key Cryptography Standards (PKCS)
- Category: Public Key Infrastructure
- Category: Cryptography
- Category: Blockchain
- Category: Stakeholder Analysis
- Category: Governance
- Category: Security Controls
- Category: Payment Systems
- Category: Information Privacy
- Category: Digital Assets
- Category: Network Model
- Category: FinTech
