The sudden rise in the value of Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies, and its subsequent decline, focused the world’s attention on cryptocurrencies as a means of payment. Blockchain technology powers Bitcoin and has been hyped as the next new, transformative technology.
This course is part of the Financial Technology (Fintech) Innovations Specialization
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Explain how blockchain works.
Articulate the key technical aspects, such as decentralization and consensus algorithms.
Describe the strengths and weaknesses of cryptocurrency as an asset and a payment mechanism.
Evaluate tradeoffs of blockchain as a business solution.
Skills you will gain
- Cryptocurrency
- decentralization algorithms
- consensus algorithms
- Blockchain
- blockchain as a business solution
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Syllabus - What you will learn from this course
Introduction
Introduction to Blockchain and Crypto
Blockchain as an Asset
Blockchain as a Business
Reviews
- 5 stars74.93%
- 4 stars19.84%
- 3 stars4.07%
- 2 stars0.63%
- 1 star0.50%
TOP REVIEWS FROM BLOCKCHAIN AND CRYPTOCURRENCY EXPLAINED
The course content is good but a bit too slow and the instructor could have used some more tools rather than just him speaking into the camera though he managed to grab our attention most times.
Important addition to the FinTech Specialization. Nice overview with just the right information to build upon. Well presented. Excellent overall.
It was a very good experience learning about something new, i want to start making money online using cryptocurrency and investing
this much helpful because i invested in bitcion without any knowledge because my friend has some profit but now i have learned a lot of things about cryptro currency
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