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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

RH

May 4, 2019

The course is well designed to give you an overview of Blockchain and the basic concepts. What is Smart Contract and other various terminologies and how they play a role in the blockchain. Thanks

SS

Jul 27, 2018

I find this course helpful to absolute beginner and for one who wants to grasp the basic concepts of Blockchain . The tutor tried to explain most part with simplicity and good and sufficient details.

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By John D

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Feb 3, 2020

An in-depth look at how blockchain works.

By SHUBHAM K V (

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Oct 29, 2019

Best introductory course on blockchain...

By Mahip T

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Jun 25, 2019

The course is great!!I really enjoyed it.

By Vishwanatham N

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Mar 11, 2019

very well structured course for beginners

By Jeanna S

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Nov 5, 2018

Great intro to the concepts of blockchain

By Ipyana M

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Mar 15, 2023

its a great course i enjoyed learning it

By KAPADIYA N J

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Apr 9, 2021

very nice learning experience.

Thank you.

By Maneesh K J

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Jan 17, 2021

enjoyed this course. thank you coursera.

By Muhammad U M

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Dec 10, 2020

Brief Introduction for Beginners Level:)

By Agustin B

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Oct 13, 2020

Great for basic how to Blockchain Works!

By R S R

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Jun 10, 2020

Excellent Course for blockchain starters

By Irshad H

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Mar 8, 2020

great start up for me it is very helpful

By Samir D

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Dec 12, 2019

The best course to understand blockchain

By Aatif A

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Dec 5, 2019

Great experience to complete this course

By Lakshmi R

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Feb 17, 2019

Bina Ramamurthy has explained the basics

By Carlos A

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Oct 18, 2018

Great overview of Blockchain technology.

By 김상혁

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Jun 8, 2022

블록체인 개념과 비트코인, 이더리움에 대해 이해가 되는 교육이었습니다.

By Sriram S

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Jul 26, 2020

It was precise,clear and comprehensive.

By Abhinav S

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Jun 26, 2020

Every topic is covered in great detail.

By Soniya N M

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May 9, 2020

This is very nice course for beginners.

By Sanket V

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Apr 30, 2020

The last assignment was really good. :)

By Martinbhai K P

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Apr 26, 2020

Good fundamental exposure of blockchain

By Arjun L

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Nov 20, 2024

They take time and teach you the basic

By Leonardo S G

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Jul 29, 2024

Excelente conceptualización y práctica

By Harikrishnan. K

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Jul 9, 2023

Best course on blockchain fundamentals