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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

JB

May 30, 2021

Comprehensive and thorough introduction to blockchain concepts and protocol. Recommended for those with a casual interest in the subject as well as those interested in working in this space.

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By Jacqueline C

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Dec 30, 2022

Great Course!

By حسين ع ا

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Aug 8, 2022

مفيدة جداً...

By Muhammad A S

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Feb 8, 2022

Good to start

By Julian E O F

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Jan 16, 2022

great course

By Bandameedi S

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Aug 9, 2020

thank you mam

By ALLAM B

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Jun 18, 2020

easy to learn

By Pavithra

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May 16, 2020

love to learn

By Dheeraj.L

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Apr 6, 2020

EASY TO LEARN

By Askar A

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Jan 26, 2020

Great course!

By Aeshah a

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Nov 18, 2019

Thanx for all

By Vladimir L

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Sep 26, 2019

Good & clear.

By Fahmi

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Mar 1, 2025

this is cool

By ISHAAN A A

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Aug 15, 2023

Very Helpful

By Abdul B S S Q K

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Jun 6, 2023

it was great

By عليان م م آ ح

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Aug 12, 2022

oodg goooood

By Akash D

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May 21, 2021

thanks a lot

By Daniel T

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Oct 3, 2020

Great Course

By RAHUL B

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Jul 19, 2020

Enlightening

By SAURABH V W

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Jul 19, 2020

great course

By Avnish K

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Jun 8, 2020

good course.

By Pankaj B

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Oct 15, 2018

Great course

By Subham D

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Mar 20, 2024

Best Course

By GIFT M

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Feb 19, 2024

exceptional

By Erfan S

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Aug 4, 2023

best course