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About the Course

This first course of the Blockchain specialization provides a broad overview of the essential concepts of blockchain technology – by initially exploring the Bitcoin protocol followed by the Ethereum protocol – to lay the foundation necessary for developing applications and programming. You will be equipped with the knowledge needed to create nodes on your personal Ethereum blockchain, create accounts, unlock accounts, mine, transact, transfer Ethers, and check balances. You will learn about the decentralized peer-to-peer network, an immutable distributed ledger and the trust model that defines a blockchain. This course enables you to explain basic components of a blockchain (transaction, block, block header, and the chain) its operations (verification, validation, and consensus model) underlying algorithms, and essentials of trust (hard fork and soft fork). Content includes the hashing and cryptography foundations indispensable to blockchain programming, which is the focus of two subsequent specialization courses, Smart Contracts and Decentralized Applications (Dapps). You will work on a virtual machine image, specifically created for this course, to build an Ethereum test chain and operate on the chain. This hands-on activity will help you understand the workings of a blockchain, its transactions, blocks and mining. Main concepts are delivered through videos, demos and hands-on exercises....

Top reviews

TT

Nov 18, 2018

This is an introductory course to Blockchain. The supplemented material (in other words self-study) is excellent and in my opinion is the only way to master the concepts and details of this discipline

U

Dec 31, 2019

One of the Best course for Absolutely Beginners :-) Discussed Core Fundamental Factors of Blockchain of Bitcoin and Ethereum. Amazing Resources & Really Helpful Content. Thanks Bina Ramamurthy Ma'am.

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By Ms. B D

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Sep 14, 2020

Very Nicely design. But yet I am not get certificate of this course. Instead of giving final project it's showing marks 0/100.

By Nithish K R

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Nov 22, 2023

Each basic point explained in detail. A great course. Very nice approach and presentation of the resources person. Thank you.

By KINSHUK B

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May 29, 2023

This is an awesome experience with this course. The last lab assignment on etherium blockchain network is fabulous. Thank You

By Indra P

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Aug 16, 2022

I really enjoy learning blockchain technology from the basics. This coursera provides facilities to gain knowledge in stages.

By Vaseekaran V

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May 23, 2020

A great course, to learn about the fundamentals of blockchain. Really loved it, and I would try to finish the specialization.

By Vikas S

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Oct 11, 2018

A wonderful course on Blockchain. Slowly steadily building the basics of Blockchain with very informative reading and videos.

By SnoWwFlak3

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Jul 6, 2018

High level overview of blockchain as well as simplification of some complex programming concepts all packed in single course.

By Anggita A F Z

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Feb 4, 2021

This course give me an easy explanation to get insight how blockchain works and stuff. So thank you for creating this course

By MADHAV V

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May 25, 2020

TRIED FOR LONG TIME AS I WAS NOT HAVING SYSTEM WITH 4GB RAM. TODAY I BORROWED SYSTEM FROM MY FRIEND AND SUBMITTED ASSIGNMENT

By Andrei I S

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Aug 19, 2018

Very good course. I'm really happy I've joined. A good in depth of blockchain basics. Valuable content. Thank you very much.

By Nampetch C

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Jan 28, 2021

This course is good for anyone who want to gain knowledge foundation for blockchain and key element behind it. Recommended.

By Swagata B

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Aug 22, 2023

Blockchain Basics in explained in a simple and undestandable way for beginners and references shared are very informative.

By Thomas G

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Aug 12, 2020

The instructor understands the subject matter. The research links are so rich for learning. I am into blockchain for good!

By Melvin T

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Aug 4, 2020

It was an amazing course offered by Coursera, this platform really helped me get the true nature of blockchain activities.

By Sabtain A

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May 8, 2020

Love To learn basic block chain. I learn basic concept of block chain now Looking forward to build my career in this field

By Ashutosh P

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Sep 22, 2019

This course helped me understand the concepts of Blockchain so interactively which I couldn't have got from anywhere else!

By Shrihari S

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Jan 22, 2019

Covered the content from the very basic level in a very good manner. Simplicity and ease of understanding was at its best.

By Siddhant J

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Jan 13, 2022

ivery informative but would be great if m1 mac can be supported cause they are beast in processing, hope it happens soon.

By Edward G

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Apr 23, 2021

Excellent course. The core material, supplemental, and exercises were great. Exactly what I was looking for, thank you!

By Punnoose K T

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Apr 17, 2020

Sweet Course. Just the right speed and just the right amount of content. Thank you Ma'am for your wonderful presentation.

By Ramprakash

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Jan 14, 2024

It's an amazing course for blockchain basics. A beginner can easily understand all things and implement their knowledge.

By Bright K

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Oct 21, 2022

Great course. Well selected reading material. I hope it get's updated following the Ethereum migration from PoW to PoS.

By Majid S

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May 5, 2021

That was so good. Dr. Bina is a excellent teacher. I'm so happy from this course. I will enroll other course of she too.

By Santiago D B

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Nov 25, 2020

Great introduction to Blockchain, especially if you are familiar with cryptography and hashing algorithms in particular

By Raj D

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May 2, 2020

The content was sufficient for basics level and was explained nicely. The last assignment was interactive and exciting.