Introduction to Blockchain Technologies
Completed by Oscar Lars Göran Pettersson
November 26, 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: Information Systems Security
- Category: Transaction Processing
- Category: Distributed Computing
- Category: Emerging Technologies
- Category: Data Integrity
- Category: Stakeholder Analysis
- Category: Governance
- Category: Information Privacy
