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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 Shree K P J

Jul 27, 2019

wonderful course. the pace is suitable for anyone to understand blockchain

By Robert R

Jun 28, 2018

Particularly enjoyed the virtual machine test environment for this course.

By Muhammad A S

Oct 29, 2021

This was a great course in start of journey to be a Blockchain developer.

By Sumit K

Dec 28, 2020

It was explained in very easy way and good to learn basic of block chain.

By Nikolajus K

Nov 13, 2020

Great course, I learned a lot through combination of theory and practice.

By Shivank S

Sep 10, 2020

Must recommend for any learner who wants to explore blockchain technology

By m v

Apr 27, 2020

Thank You Madam for giving us a useful course. I am Thank full to you mam

By Faisal N

Apr 17, 2022

It was awesome to learn basics of blockchain.

Well planned and organized.

By Shyam K S

Dec 18, 2021

i am started this course with zero knowledge but now am good at basics

By Vishnu

Jan 6, 2021

An excellent course that gives an insight into the basics of blockchain.

By Ernesto A

Dec 27, 2020

Excelent introduction course, very well-explained and useful activities.

By NUSARAT M S

Jun 2, 2020

Excellent course for learning basics of blockchain and well structured..

By priyapackialatha p

May 24, 2020

The contents were easy to follow and doubts were cleared at the earliest

By K S J

May 17, 2020

it was a good and informative course regarding the basics of blockchain.

By Abrar S

Dec 14, 2018

Very good course for learning the theoretical foundations of Blockchain.

By paurush s

Jul 30, 2018

Very helpful in getting the basic understanding of Blockchain technology

By Visal S

Apr 21, 2022

Great, I've learn many components in Blockchain World from this course.

By Sean M M

Mar 31, 2022

Great for a basics course! Some general technical knowledge might help.

By MEHTA H D

Aug 11, 2021

Amazing course with a hands on experience on the Block chain technology

By MAYANK S

Jan 21, 2021

wow i want to more learn about this blockchain and cryptocurrency world

By shraddha s

Sep 4, 2020

Loved it!! An easy to understand explanation of high level block chain.

By Dhaval S

Oct 9, 2018

This course is great! Got a clear idea about fundamentals of blockchain

By Tan J S

Aug 19, 2018

This course provided the basics of Blockchain in a very informative way

By Avery “

Aug 5, 2018

Great overview with practical deployment of a test Ethereum blockchain!

By Harshil G

Jan 31, 2022

This course provides helpful insights and the resources are also good.