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Introduction to Blockchain for Global Commerce

This course discusses the limitations of the Internet for business and economic activity and explains how blockchain technology represents the way forward. After completing this course, you will be able to explain what blockchain is, how it works, and why it is revolutionary. You will learn key concepts such as mining, hashing, proof-of-work, public key cryptography, and the double-spend problem. You’ll be able to describe seven design principles for blockchain technology, and the challenges facing the people developing it. By the end of this course, you’ll learn how and why transacting on the blockchain can help us bring about a future that is faster, fairer, and more distributed than the world we inhabit today.

Status: Cryptographic Protocols
Status: Financial Services
BeginnerCourse31 hours

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WM

Reviewed May 15, 2023

I would definitely and highly recommend this course to anyone and everyone, it is imperative that people understand the state of the internet and where it is going, this course does a good job

SM

Reviewed Apr 8, 2023

A very well curated and explained in such a way that even a non-tech person can easily understand blockchain technology.

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