Do you know the basics of bitcoin and blockchain technology and want to learn more about this fascinating technology and the opportunities it offers?
Bitcoin and blockchain technology has received a lot of attention recently as the technology provides many opportunities and solutions for both financial and non-financial institutions, startups, individuals and governments. The world's largest organisations such as IBM, Deloitte, Microsoft, Santander Bank and Nasdaq, are looking at the blockchain technology as a means to improve their existing services, systems and products. This course helps de-mystify what blockchain is and how organisations can leverage its key features: security, transparency, full life-cycle transaction history, real-time, immutability and cost-efficiency.
The Blockchain Advanced course provides a more in-depth understanding of bitcoin and the blockchain and delves deeper into the concepts covered in the Bitcoin and Blockchain Beginner course. It is not essential for attendees to have attended the Bitcoin and Blockchain Beginner course, however, the Blockchain Advanced course does require attendees to already have a basic understanding of bitcoin and the Bitcoin blockchain.
The course goes further into cryptography, bitcoin mining, mining pools, bitcoin transactions on the blockchain, smart contracts, layer two solutions such as Lightning Network, payment channels and bitcoin scaling issues.
The course covers many topics such as risks and challenges blockchain technology and cryptocurrencies face including regulation, centralisation, hard forks and Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs).
Course attendees will gain an insight into the future of this technology in terms of innovation and disruption of existing traditional systems and processes.
