Introduction to Blockchain Technologies
Completed by Janice Choo
May 26, 2026
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: Governance
- Category: Cryptography
- Category: Software Architecture
- Category: Blockchain
- Category: Transaction Processing
- Category: Distributed Computing
- Category: Information Privacy
- Category: Public Key Cryptography Standards (PKCS)
- Category: Stakeholder Analysis
- Category: Data Integrity
- Category: Emerging Technologies
- Category: Ledgers (Accounting)
