Blockchain For Business The New Industrial Revolution

Blockchain Technology Will Transform How Businesses Operate. Do You Want to Be a Part of the Blockchain Journey?

Last updated 2022-01-10 | 4.5

- Profound understanding of what blockchain and is its potential global impact
- Learn why blockchain is referred to as the “internet of money”
- Develop a solid fundamental understanding of the inner workings of blockchain with detailed explanations of “mining”
- decentralized consensus
- cryptography
- smart contracts and many other important concepts

What you'll learn

Profound understanding of what blockchain and is its potential global impact
Learn why blockchain is referred to as the “internet of money”
Develop a solid fundamental understanding of the inner workings of blockchain with detailed explanations of “mining”
decentralized consensus
cryptography
smart contracts and many other important concepts
Business applications of blockchain technology
Recognize the opportunities in the blockchain business landscape
Gain a broader perspective on innovation with the new paradigm and frameworks brought by blockchain including decentralized organizational structures
networks and applications
Understand many popular and important blockchain projects and crypto-assets
Project the potential impact of blockchain on many sectors like finance
consumer & retail
media
transportation & logistics
technology and the internet of things
Learn how many large corporations are already implementing blockchain technology
Identify potential new tech leaders and how blockchain can impact the current tech giants like Apple
Amazon
Google and Facebook
Have a clear and realistic view on the current state of blockchain technology with its issues
limitations and potential solutions that can take it to the next level
Keep up-to-date with the latest important projects shaping up the emerging third generation of blockchain technology

* Requirements

* No prior experience is required to take the course
* We will start from the very basics

Description

  • Profound understanding of what blockchain and is its potential global impact
  • Learn why blockchain is referred to as the “internet of money”
  • Develop a solid fundamental understanding of the inner workings of blockchain with detailed explanations of “mining”, decentralized consensus, cryptography, smart contracts and many other important concepts
  • Business applications of blockchain technology
  • Recognize the opportunities in the blockchain business landscape
  • Gain a broader perspective on innovation with the new paradigm and frameworks brought by blockchain including decentralized organizational structures, networks and applications
  • Understand many popular and important blockchain projects and crypto-assets
  • Project the potential impact of blockchain on many sectors like finance, consumer & retail, media, transportation & logistics, technology and the internet of things
  • Learn how many large corporations are already implementing blockchain technology
  • Identify potential new tech leaders and how blockchain can impact the current tech giants like Apple, Amazon, Google and Facebook
  • Have a clear and realistic view on the current state of blockchain technology with its issues, limitations and potential solutions that can take it to the next level
  • Keep up-to-date with the latest important projects shaping up the emerging third generation of blockchain technology

Course content

11 sections • 71 lectures

How Blockchain will change the world in 8 pictures Preview 04:58

Blockchain for Business - instructor intro and course outline Preview 02:46

Bitcoin, Blockchain, Cryptocurrencies - the fastest growing market we have seen? Preview 03:54

Welcome to the world of Blockchain Preview 05:39

What is money? The three main characteristics of money Preview 03:45

A brief history of money - from gold to digital money Preview 06:27

Why cryptocurrencies are the next logical step in monetary evolution? Preview 01:50

How Bitcoin was born Preview 05:09

Early scientific breakthroughs Preview 03:02

Major historic milestones preceding Bitcoin's creation Preview 03:34

Understanding the idea behind Bitcoin Preview 04:36

The advantages of a decentralized payment system Preview 09:01

Bitcoin's five forces Preview 00:45

Force #1 - Blockchain Preview 03:31

Blockchain - a distributed ledger Preview 06:09

Force #2 - Cryptography Preview 02:54

Cryptography - the technique used to secure Bitcoin Preview 04:31

Force #3 - Consensus Preview 03:33

Consensus mechanism - Digital signatures Preview 02:42

Consensus mechanism - Introduction to Proof-of-Work Preview 07:45

Consensus mechanism - Mining and Proof-of-Work Preview 06:54

Consensus mechanism - Game Theory Preview 03:01

Completed 33% of the course Preview 00:31

Consensus mechanism - What happens if miners misbehave? Preview 04:10

Consensus mechanism - 51% attacks Preview 05:51

Consensus mechanism - an important detail about consensus attacks Preview 02:32

Force #4 - P2P network Preview 08:19

Force #5 - Software code base Preview 04:16

Software code base - the Script programming language Preview 04:11

Alternative use cases of Bitcoin Preview 07:35

Bitcoin - final remarks Preview 02:33

Introduction to Ethereum Preview 02:37

How Vitalik Buterin created Ethereum Preview 04:02

How Ethereum took the idea of Blockchain to the next level Preview 04:20

Completed 50% of the course Preview 00:37

The Ethereum Virtual Machine Preview 04:45

Ethereum - a global platform for decentralized applications Preview 04:41

Ethereum and Initial Coin Offerings Preview 05:29

Decentralized Autonomous Organizations - a look into the future Preview 03:36

Ethereum - key take-aways Preview 02:42

Industry-specific blockchains Preview 07:21

Privacy on the Blockchain. Privacy coins (Monero, Zcash, Dash) Preview 07:20

The R3 Corda project Preview 09:37

The Hyperledger project Preview 04:32

Hyperledger frameworks Preview 09:02

The Enterprise Ethereum Alliance Preview 07:16

The future of Blockchain: Public and private blockchains Preview 08:03

Blockchain's disruptive potential Preview 04:31

Why banks shouldn't ignore blockchain Preview 06:29

Banking business lines that could be disrupted by blockchain Preview 11:40

Trade finance on the blockchain Preview 02:46

Blockchain and insurance Preview 04:09

Blockchain and investment banking Preview 06:13

Blockchain and financial regulators Preview 08:54

Blockchain and the retail industry Preview 05:32

Blockchain and Intellectual Property Preview 04:32

Blockchain and the food industry supply chain Preview 05:53

Blockchain and Google Preview 06:45

Blockchain and Facebook Preview 06:18

Blockchain and Amazon Preview 08:32

Blockchain and Apple Preview 05:29

Blockchain and AI Preview 07:41

Current issues and potential solutions to take blockchain to the next level Preview 07:18

Scalability solutions Preview 03:51

Scalability solutions: Proof-of-Stake Preview 05:56

Scalability solutions: Sharding Preview 01:44

Scalability solutions: Lightning networks, Plasma, Truebit Preview 08:32

Interoperability between blockchains Preview 03:23

Next generation blockchains - Tezos, Polkadot, Cosmos, Cardano, Zilliqa Preview 05:27

Blockchain for Business - conclusion Preview 10:58

Completing 100% of the course Preview 00:29