Introduction to Blockchain for Financial Services
Completed by Jessica Ferringer
February 27, 2026
28 hours (approximately)
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What you will learn
The limitations of the Internet for business and economic activity, and how trust is established in a pre- and post-blockchain world
Terms such as miner, hash, nonce, proof-of-work, and public key cryptography, as well as the steps of a blockchain transaction
Seven design principles for blockchain technology
Ten challenges associated with implementing blockchain technology
Skills you will gain
- Category: Emerging Technologies
- Category: Distributed Computing
- Category: Information Privacy
- Category: Stakeholder Analysis
- Category: Program Implementation
- Category: FinTech
- Category: General Ledger
- Category: Financial Services
- Category: Blockchain
- Category: Cryptography
- Category: Transaction Processing
- Category: Cryptographic Protocols
