The Basics of Blockchain: Ethereum, Bitcoin, & More

The Basics of Blockchain: Ethereum, Bitcoin, & More, available at $49.99, has an average rating of 4.1, with 52 lectures, 4 quizzes, based on 3360 reviews, and has 10617 subscribers.

You will learn about Define Blockchain Technology, in your own words Understand how Blockchain could potentially impact your business and industry. Explain Blockchain Technology to your clients, friends, and business colleagues Set a strategy to prepare your business or your clients for the emerging Decentralized Economy Join a community of economists, business leaders, entrepreneurs, and technologists that are shaping this technology as we speak. Identify which aspects of Blockchain Technology seem most important and relevant to you Walk away with a strong foundation in where blockchain is going, what it does, and how to prepare for it This course is ideal for individuals who are Corporate Executives looking to connect corporate strategy to blockchain technology or Government Employees and Executives looking to better connect policy to Blockchain Tech or High school & college students trying to figure out their path for the future or Supply Chain Managers who want to better understand the future landscape of Autonomous and Decentralized Supply Chains. or CEO's, Boards, and Senior VP's who need a quick 90 minute win to more deeply educate themselves or Entrepreneurs looking for something new or Consultants and Professional Service Providers or Technology Enthusiasts or Anyone looking to better prepare for long term career potential in the future It is particularly useful for Corporate Executives looking to connect corporate strategy to blockchain technology or Government Employees and Executives looking to better connect policy to Blockchain Tech or High school & college students trying to figure out their path for the future or Supply Chain Managers who want to better understand the future landscape of Autonomous and Decentralized Supply Chains. or CEO's, Boards, and Senior VP's who need a quick 90 minute win to more deeply educate themselves or Entrepreneurs looking for something new or Consultants and Professional Service Providers or Technology Enthusiasts or Anyone looking to better prepare for long term career potential in the future.

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Title: The Basics of Blockchain: Ethereum, Bitcoin, & More

Price: $49.99

Average Rating: 4.1

Number of Lectures: 52

Number of Quizzes: 4

Number of Published Lectures: 51

Number of Published Quizzes: 4

Number of Curriculum Items: 56

Number of Published Curriculum Objects: 55

Original Price: $44.99

Quality Status: approved

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What You Will Learn

Define Blockchain Technology, in your own words
Understand how Blockchain could potentially impact your business and industry.
Explain Blockchain Technology to your clients, friends, and business colleagues
Set a strategy to prepare your business or your clients for the emerging Decentralized Economy
Join a community of economists, business leaders, entrepreneurs, and technologists that are shaping this technology as we speak.
Identify which aspects of Blockchain Technology seem most important and relevant to you
Walk away with a strong foundation in where blockchain is going, what it does, and how to prepare for it

Who Should Attend

Corporate Executives looking to connect corporate strategy to blockchain technology
Government Employees and Executives looking to better connect policy to Blockchain Tech
High school & college students trying to figure out their path for the future
Supply Chain Managers who want to better understand the future landscape of Autonomous and Decentralized Supply Chains.
CEO's, Boards, and Senior VP's who need a quick 90 minute win to more deeply educate themselves
Entrepreneurs looking for something new
Consultants and Professional Service Providers
Technology Enthusiasts
Anyone looking to better prepare for long term career potential in the future

Target Audiences

Corporate Executives looking to connect corporate strategy to blockchain technology
Government Employees and Executives looking to better connect policy to Blockchain Tech
High school & college students trying to figure out their path for the future
Supply Chain Managers who want to better understand the future landscape of Autonomous and Decentralized Supply Chains.
CEO's, Boards, and Senior VP's who need a quick 90 minute win to more deeply educate themselves
Entrepreneurs looking for something new
Consultants and Professional Service Providers
Technology Enthusiasts
Anyone looking to better prepare for long term career potential in the future

You have probably heard about Blockchain, Ethereum, Smart Contracts, and Bitcoin in various news articles and business settings, or seen Bettina Warburg’s TED Talk on Blockchain, but you may not yet understand the technology or its economic and business implications. Animal Ventures founders Tom Serres and Bettina Warburg are entrepreneurs building enterprise-level blockchain applications for Fortune 100 clients, and are thought leaders in communicating with all audiences about this emerging technology via media tutorials as seen on TED and WIRED Magazine.

Animal Ventures has given talks, workshops, and built enterprise-ready blockchain applications all over the world, and has worked hard helping numerous companies such as Merck & Co., Credit Suisse, VMWare, FedEx, SAP, Abbot Downing, T. Rowe Price, The Advisory Board Group, Baker Tilly International, KPMG, Deloitte, IBM, The Financial Times, AEW, and many others better understand the strategic implications of this technology and worked to bring many of these ideas to life.

Bettina Warburg’s TED Talk on Blockchain Technology has been seen by over 4 Million viewers, and growing. It’s the #1 TED Talk on Blockchain Technology. Recently, Tom Serres and Bettina Warburg released their flagship white-paper on the future of Supply Chain Technology called Asset Chains: A Blockchain-enable Future of Supply Chain and Transportation Logistics. It is a culmination of nearly two years of research. You will receive, free with this course, a digital copy of this 70-page white-paper when enrolling in the class. The foreword for Asset Chains is provided by our good friend Don Tapscott, author of The Blockchain Revolution.�

This course is designed to take you through the basics of blockchain technology, and is intended for students who are looking to build a solid foundation in understanding Blockchain. We offer context for blockchain, and unpack the ideas that will open up the most important opportunities around this new technology. �

Specifically, we cover:�

What is a blockchain?�
What are the relevant traits of a blockchain?�
What is the technology stack for a blockchain?�
What are smart contracts?�
What are the differences between Bitcoin and Ethereum?�
What are some key principles about blockchain relevant to economics, technology and business?�
Key use cases to consider: Asset tracking, Machine Learning, Identity and The Internet of Things�
Where is this technology headed?�

Bonus materials included with the course:

The Animal Ventures white-paper Asset Chains: A Blockchain-enable Future of Supply Chain and Transportation Logistics�
A Glossary covering the most important concepts and terms relevant to blockchain so that you can review them at your own pace.�
A set of infographics that structure the principles covered in the course around economics and technology changes.�
Expert video interviews with Dominic Williams, one of the first investors in Ethereum and Founder of the Dfinity Network, Vlad Zamfir, Blockchain Researcher and Creator of Casper, and Gavin Wood, one of the founders of the Ethereum Network and founder of Parity Technologies, and others…

Course Curriculum

Chapter 1: Blockchain Overview

Lecture 1: Welcome to the course!

Lecture 2: What will you learn in this course?

Lecture 3: What is a Blockchain?

Lecture 4: What is a block?

Lecture 5: What is a registry of transactions?

Lecture 6: What do we mean by peer-to-peer?

Lecture 7: Recap of the definition of Blockchain

Lecture 8: What are some traits of a Blockchain?

Chapter 2: The Economics of Blockchain

Lecture 1: A flashback to the 1990s

Lecture 2: From tribes to platforms

Lecture 3: Lowering our dependence on institutions

Lecture 4: An example of the new firm

Lecture 5: Recap: the nexus of (smart) contracts

Chapter 3: The Technology of Blockchain

Lecture 1: The origin of Bitcoin and Blockchain

Lecture 2: What is the Ethereum network?

Lecture 3: The technology stack of Blockchain

Lecture 4: How is the technology evolving?

Chapter 4: The Business of Blockchain

Lecture 1: Imagining new business ideas of blockchain

Lecture 2: How identity will change with blockchain

Lecture 3: Beyond blockchain for people

Lecture 4: The changing world of supply chains

Lecture 5: Recap: Business to Business

Chapter 5: Farewell and stay involved!

Lecture 1: Congrats! This is only the beginning

Chapter 6: Optional Bonus Interviews

Lecture 1: Gavin Wood (Part 1): Co-Founder of Ethereum & Co-Founder of Parity Technologies

Lecture 2: Gavin Wood (Part 2): Co-Founder of Ethereum & Co-Founder of Parity Technologies

Lecture 3: Gavin Wood (Part 3): Co-Founder of Ethereum & Co-Founder of Parity Technologies

Lecture 4: Gavin Wood (Part 4): Co-Founder of Ethereum & Co-Founder of Parity Technologies

Lecture 5: Gavin Wood (Part 5): Co-Founder of Ethereum & Co-Founder of Parity Technologies

Lecture 6: Gavin Wood (Part 6): Co-Founder of Ethereum & Co-Founder of Parity Technologies

Lecture 7: Gavin Wood (Part 7): Co-Founder of Ethereum & Co-Founder of Parity Technologies

Lecture 8: Dominic Williams (Part 1): Founder & Chief Scientist at Dfinity Network

Lecture 9: Dominic Williams (Part 2): Founder & Chief Scientist at Dfinity Network

Lecture 10: Dominic Williams (Part 3): Founder & Chief Scientist at Dfinity Network

Lecture 11: Dominic Williams (Part 4): Founder & Chief Scientist at Dfinity Network

Lecture 12: Dr. Sarah Meiklejohn (Part 1): Expert in Blockchain Cryptography and Security

Lecture 13: Dr. Sarah Meiklejohn (Part 2): Expert in Blockchain Cryptography and Security

Lecture 14: Dr. Sarah Meiklejohn (Part 3): Expert in Blockchain Cryptography and Security

Lecture 15: Dr. Sarah Meiklejohn (Part 4): Expert in Blockchain Cryptography and Security

Lecture 16: Dr. Sarah Meiklejohn (Part 5): Expert in Blockchain Cryptography and Security

Lecture 17: Dr. Sarah Meiklejohn (Part 6): Expert in Blockchain Cryptography and Security

Lecture 18: Dr. Jutta Steiner (Part 1): Co-founder & CEO of Parity Technologies

Lecture 19: Dr. Jutta Steiner (Part 2): Co-founder & CEO of Parity Technologies

Lecture 20: Dr. Jutta Steiner (Part 3): Co-founder & CEO of Parity Technologies

Lecture 21: Dr. Jutta Steiner (Part 4): Co-founder & CEO of Parity Technologies

Lecture 22: Dr. Jutta Steiner (Part 5): Co-founder & CEO of Parity Technologies

Lecture 23: Dr. Jutta Steiner (Part 6): Co-founder & CEO of Parity Technologies

Lecture 24: Vlad Zamfir (Part 1): Researcher at the Ethereum Foundation

Lecture 25: Vlad Zamfir (Part 2): Researcher at the Ethereum Foundation

Lecture 26: Vlad Zamfir (Part 3): Researcher at the Ethereum Foundation

Lecture 27: Vlad Zamfir (Part 4): Researcher at the Ethereum Foundation

Lecture 28: Vlad Zamfir (Part 5): Researcher at the Ethereum Foundation

Instructors

Tom Serres
Entrepreneur, Public Speaker, Host of Tech on Politics
Bettina Warburg
Dr Bill

Rating Distribution

1 stars: 76 votes
2 stars: 145 votes
3 stars: 589 votes
4 stars: 1228 votes
5 stars: 1322 votes

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