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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 Nishant D

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Jun 30, 2020

The project was very insightful , and material is quite good.

By Aakashdeep J

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May 18, 2020

A very great opportunity related to bolckchain basics is here

By Miguel A G V

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Oct 28, 2018

Pendiente con la programacion. pero excelente la informacion.

By Pawan K S

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Sep 21, 2018

The course content is very concise and easily understandable.

By Luiz A A V

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Dec 27, 2021

Great introdutory course! Very well desingned and explained.

By Thiwanka P S

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Jul 5, 2021

Can get comprehensive knowledge on Blockchain by this course

By Luka

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May 23, 2021

Awesome! Great for understanding general terms in blockchain

By Qamarudeen M

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Nov 1, 2020

I had learnt interesting concept about Blockchain Technology

By Utkarsh T

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May 12, 2020

Excellent course I've never understood blockchain this easy.

By Supriya M S

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May 10, 2020

Great course to learn about basics of blockchain technology.

By koduru s l p k

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May 9, 2020

This course is awesome for begineers and it is very useful.

By Ali W

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Mar 29, 2020

Very informative course, I have learned all about blockchain

By Rohitash G

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Jun 6, 2019

Well Defined course and a must do for a newbie in blockchain

By Alan M

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Apr 9, 2019

Great course and hands on exercise as the final exam - Nice!

By Porush P

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Sep 2, 2018

A well made study material that covers everything in detail.

By Lalit M S

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May 8, 2023

Wonderful course explained in an easy to understand video .

By Aryan k

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Jan 14, 2022

Well taught, project was a good idea for practical exposure

By Aman

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Jul 6, 2020

Nice course that covers all the basic topics of blockchain.

By Qudrati A W

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Jul 4, 2020

It cleared a lot of my misunderstandings. This was helpful.

By Gaurav B

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Mar 25, 2020

Thanks for giving me this opportunity to upgrade my skills.

By Omar A B N

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Mar 18, 2020

A very useful course to start in the world of blockchain !!

By vaibhav k

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Jun 24, 2019

A really solid course to headstart your blockchain journey!

By Frank M

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Oct 16, 2018

Interesting and straight forward introduction to Blockchain

By Tyler P

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Aug 25, 2018

Really great high-level overview of blockchain fundamentals

By Mitzi S

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Mar 20, 2022

Aprendi mas acerca de conocimientos basicos del Blockchain