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Blockchain Introduction for Developers

Understand the impacts of blockchain on the industry

Intermediate 5(75 Ratings) 1381 Students enrolled
Created by Jeeven Saini Last updated Thu, 25-Nov-2021 English
What will i learn?
  • What is blockchain technology and how it works?
  • Apply blockchain in business domain
  • Take informed decision on when & when-not to use blockchain for a specific use-case
  • Kick start and manage blockchain project(s) in your organization

Curriculum for this course
54 Lessons 10:25:10 Hours
Module-1
13 Lessons 01:48:00 Hours
  • Introduction 00:01:55
  • Evolution of WEB 00:04:04
  • Legacy Databases and where we are going 00:04:41
  • "Synchronization challenges with Distributed Systems and previous approaches " 00:10:07
  • Definition of a Blockchain; Why Blockchain is better than a traditional systems 00:07:44
  • History of Bitcoin 00:11:17
  • Blockchain Industry Developments (General - IT) 00:09:42
  • Blockchain in Industry (Fintech) (Diff in BCT vs. Legacy) 00:09:37
  • Blockchain in Industry (Supply chain) 00:10:05
  • Blockchain in Industry (Others) 00:05:02
  • Cryptography 00:09:33
  • Digital Signatures, nonce, hashing and their algorithms 00:24:13
  • Assessment - 1 00:00:00
  • Data Structures in Blockchain - Ledgers, Blocks, Transaction 00:13:35
  • Distributed Ledgers & Block / Chain structure 00:12:57
  • Wallet 00:19:51
  • P2P Architectures and advantages of P2P Paradigm 00:09:03
  • Decentralized applications (dApps) - What and Benefits 00:05:21
  • Decentralized applications (dApps) - Implication and Guidelines 00:20:11
  • Use Case 1 (eVoting) 00:15:19
  • Use case 2 (Supply Chain - Covid) 00:10:46
  • Blockchain Challenges - Adoption & Technical; Where NOT to Use Blockchain 00:17:09
  • Reliance on Intermediaries in Legacy Systems 00:11:37
  • Definition of Decentralization - Levels & Extents 00:14:12
  • Offchain & Onchain 00:10:59
  • Assessment - 2 00:00:00
  • Assessment - 3 00:00:00
  • Immutability 00:12:41
  • Consensus 00:09:42
  • Consensus Mechanisms PoW 00:09:58
  • Consensus Mechanisms PoS (List of other consensus mechanisms) 00:10:37
  • Public Blockchains & their Features 00:07:27
  • Permissioned and Private Blockchains & their Features 00:11:28
  • Smart Contracts as the next Logical Frontier And their charateristics 00:11:49
  • How Smart Contracts work and do's and don’t's 00:15:47
  • Smart Contract in action (Will inheritance) 00:14:35
  • Introduction to Ethereum 00:14:12
  • Tokens (Fungible & Non-Fungible), ERC-20, ERC-721 00:11:55
  • Units in ethereum, fees, wallets (meta-mask/mist) 00:12:24
  • Different networks in Ethereum (Mainnet, Rinkeby, Ropston, Gorili, Kovam…..) 00:14:18
  • Ethereum 2.0 and improvements 00:12:18
  • Scalability in Ethereum and Layer 2 solutions 00:13:47
  • Tokenization of Assets 00:14:12
  • Understanding R3-Corda 00:15:14
  • Understanding Hyperledger Fabric 00:21:09
  • Understanding Fluree 00:18:34
  • Blockchain alignment with IoT 00:16:58
  • Blockchain alignment with AI/ML 00:18:57
  • Blockchain alignment with Big Data 00:14:06
  • Utilities of Blockchain of the Future (Hybrid Blockchains) 00:11:32
  • d-Governance: Model and Need 00:17:27
  • d-Governance: Implementation approach 00:13:25
  • Introduction to Scaling and Production 00:11:38
  • Assessment - 4 00:00:00
Requirements
  • No programming language knowledge is needed but desirable
  • Basic knowledge of working of computing, internet, and data storage
  • The course may include some lab work or equivalent demos, so less technically proficient students should be open to exploring new skills
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Description

This course will provide an overview of the concept, technology, and impacts of blockchain on the industry.  The course will focus towards giving students necessary information on how these systems work; analyze the security and regulation issues relating to blockchain technologies; and understand the impact of blockchain technologies on different industry sectors. There is a lot of hype and ambiguity about blockchain. Our objective is to cut through some of this confusion and help students understand what blockchains are really about so that they can make informed analysis and decisions regarding its use.

Learning Objectives:

Students will be able to achieve the following learning objectives at the completion of the course.

• Be able to explain what is blockchain

• Be able to explain why we need blockchain. What is the real-world problem(s) that blockchain is trying to solve

• Understand and describe how blockchain works 

• Explain the underlying technology of transactions, blocks, proof-of-work, and consensus building 

• How does blockchain exist in the public domain (decentralized, distributed) yet maintain transparency, privacy, anonymity, security, immutability, history 

• How bitcoin and cryptocurrency works 

• Understand difference between bitcoin, cryptocurrency and blockchain

• Understand different types of blockchain and protocols

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About the instructor
  • 75 Reviews
  • 1381 Students
  • 1 Courses
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Jeeven Saini

Jeeven is an IT Intrapreneur & Entrepreneur with 30+ years of experience in global IT organizations & Banks across the world. 

His experience includes setting up technology delivery units, delivering TCO reduction, delivering innovative business solutions, managing technology risk & security and large transformational programs for global IT organizations and Banks across India, APAC, Middle-East, Europe and North America.

He is a leader with more than 4000 hours of global experience in mentoring, coaching and training covering more than 1000 professionals at different levels.

Currently he is co-founder and CEO of SofocleLabs, a Blockchain EdTech company engaged in building robust end-to-end Blockchain Ecosystem.

Teaching assistants:
  1. Ghan Vashishtha
Student feedback
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  • Wed, 14-Apr-2021
    Jatin Sharma
    Much awaited course
  • Sun, 16-May-2021
    Divya Anbalagan
  • Sun, 16-May-2021
    BARASA GIDEON
    5
  • Tue, 18-May-2021
    m.santhosh Kumar
  • Thu, 20-May-2021
    GAGAN MANOCHA
  • Sun, 23-May-2021
    VARSHINI S
  • Sat, 05-Jun-2021
    Akshaya Yoganandhan
  • Tue, 25-May-2021
    vaidehi mane
  • Mon, 31-May-2021
    Divya S
    5
  • Sun, 30-May-2021
    Shourya Bhardwaj
    On the course thumbnail, it says that the course has 1 year access, but when I enrolled, it shows that the course is valid till 18June2021 (18 days from my reg. date).Misleading info. How am i supposed to complete 4 week course in 18 days.
  • Sat, 05-Jun-2021
    Harsh Sharma
  • Sat, 05-Jun-2021
    SAHIL PATHANIA
    I DONT UNDERSTAND WHY THE VIDEO BUFFERS CONTINUOUSLY IT IS SO BSD I HAVE 500 MBPS FIBRE AND CAN WATCH 2 44K STREAMS AT A TIME BUT IT STILL OCCURS AND ALSO CANT FIGURE OUT HY ON THE COPLETION OF 1ST COURSE CANT GRET TO THE NEXT ONE -_- AFTERALL DISAPPOINTED
  • Sun, 06-Jun-2021
    OCEAN .
  • Sun, 06-Jun-2021
    Nishu Choudhary
  • Tue, 08-Jun-2021
    DEEPAK SINGLA
    Great learning experience!!
  • Tue, 08-Jun-2021
    Manish Gupta
  • Tue, 08-Jun-2021
    Varun Prakash
  • Thu, 17-Jun-2021
    Himanshi Panwar
  • Tue, 08-Jun-2021
    Gaurav Mehta
    Time waste course
  • Thu, 10-Jun-2021
    Anitha K
  • Thu, 10-Jun-2021
    Uttam Kumar gupta
  • Fri, 11-Jun-2021
    SHIVANI RAJAWAT
    Great course on Blockchain
  • Sat, 12-Jun-2021
    Nishant Singh
    Knowledgeable but need improvement in arrangements and the level of simplicity although very good.
  • Sat, 12-Jun-2021
    Agnibha Pal
  • Sat, 12-Jun-2021
    Lakshay Sharma
  • Sat, 12-Jun-2021
    RAHUL ABROL
  • Sat, 12-Jun-2021
    NATASHA UPPAL
  • Sat, 12-Jun-2021
    RUDATDEEP KAUR
  • Sat, 12-Jun-2021
    ROHAN BHARGAVA
    Amazing Course! Very informative. Kudos to Jeewen ji and his team!!
  • Sun, 13-Jun-2021
    Suyash sharma
  • Sun, 13-Jun-2021
    Bhavesh Krishan Garg
    Knowledgeable and fantastic course....
  • Sun, 13-Jun-2021
    KEERTHANA SEKAR
  • Sun, 13-Jun-2021
    VINAY NEWASKAR
    Great Detailed Introduction and Good Learning Experience !
  • Mon, 14-Jun-2021
    Manisha
  • Mon, 14-Jun-2021
    SANDIP KUMAR JAISWAL
    The video got paused in the middle during standard containers chapter. But, Great course, very well explained with good examples.
  • Mon, 14-Jun-2021
    Mihir Parmar
  • Mon, 14-Jun-2021
    Akash
  • Mon, 14-Jun-2021
    NAVIN SONI
    Good
  • Tue, 15-Jun-2021
    Isha Kaushik
  • Tue, 15-Jun-2021
    KHETAB KAPOOR
  • Tue, 15-Jun-2021
    Tanishka yadav
  • Tue, 15-Jun-2021
    Raj Trivedi
  • Tue, 15-Jun-2021
    OM Singh
  • Wed, 16-Jun-2021
    AMAN PREET SINGH
    best course ,I have get a nice knowledge about the blockchain how it works etc.. Also one thing that there is no certificate provided by the institution after the course completion...
  • Wed, 16-Jun-2021
    Avijit Debnath
    well described.
  • Wed, 16-Jun-2021
    RISHABH KHURANA
    you did.nt get any certificate after you complete the course. and if there is please mail me. i did not find any certificate option after and got 80% minimum in each assignment.
  • Wed, 16-Jun-2021
    Ritik Kadian
    excellent
  • Wed, 16-Jun-2021
    Vasu Tanwar
  • Thu, 17-Jun-2021
    MONICA GUPTA
  • Thu, 17-Jun-2021
    Sankalp Pachauri
  • Thu, 17-Jun-2021
    Vishal Nirmal
    It was a good course to learn all the basic terms and theories related to blockchain.
  • Thu, 17-Jun-2021
    Mahika Goyal
  • Thu, 17-Jun-2021
    sachin sharma
  • Fri, 18-Jun-2021
    Bhim Vashistha
  • Fri, 18-Jun-2021
    Mohit Yadav
  • Fri, 18-Jun-2021
    NITIN ARORA
  • Fri, 18-Jun-2021
    Harshita Bhardwaj
  • Fri, 18-Jun-2021
    Simar Jyot Singh Narang
  • Fri, 18-Jun-2021
    AAYUSH JOSHI
    Very good knowledge
  • Fri, 18-Jun-2021
    Harsh Kumar Vashisth
  • Fri, 18-Jun-2021
    Aman Arora
  • Sat, 19-Jun-2021
    Piyush Sachdeva
  • Sat, 19-Jun-2021
    Jais Dargan
  • Sat, 19-Jun-2021
    Md Ramish
  • Sun, 20-Jun-2021
    Sarvesh Bhatia
    Aweosme
  • Mon, 21-Jun-2021
    KARANDEEP SINGH
  • Tue, 22-Jun-2021
    SHUBHAM Gajanan kanfade
  • Wed, 23-Jun-2021
    NAVEEN KUMAR GARG
    good knowledge
  • Fri, 25-Jun-2021
    Neeraj Dwivedi
  • Sat, 26-Jun-2021
    KUNAL PATHAK
  • Sun, 27-Jun-2021
    Khushi Arora
  • Mon, 28-Jun-2021
    HAMZA BILAL
    Great
  • Wed, 30-Jun-2021
    AMAN JINDAL
  • Wed, 30-Jun-2021
    AVNISH SHARMA
  • Wed, 07-Jul-2021
    Faraz Masood
    very bad
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  • Duration : 28 weeks
  • Starts on : Tue 18 May, 2021
  • 10:25:10 Hours Of videos
  • 54 Lessons
  • One year access
  • Access on mobile and laptop