Introduction to Blockchain Technologies
Completed by Diana Bald
March 4, 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: Public Key Cryptography Standards (PKCS)
- Category: Cryptography
- Category: Blockchain
- Category: Emerging Technologies
- Category: Transaction Processing
- Category: Distributed Computing
- Category: Stakeholder Analysis
- Category: Information Privacy
- Category: Ledgers (Accounting)
- Category: Data Integrity
- Category: Digital Assets
- Category: Network Model
