**Updated August 2021**

In this course, we will discuss blockchain protocols, how blockchains are architected, the main technology components such as cryptography, hashing, applications, and the constraints and limitations of this technology.

I will help you to understand when to use blockchain, the key concepts, the industry jargon, and a lot of additional information that will help you to interact with stakeholders in any blockchain project you may get involved.

Any person with some basic IT experience will be able to follow along with this course. No matter what’s your background, after you finished this course, you will be able to get involved in any blockchain project.

We are going to take a look at why blockchain is considered so secure, what technologies are enabling blockchain, what kind of applications - financial and non-financial - can benefit from blockchain? What are the differences between Bitcoin, Ethereum, Hyperledger and Corda? How is blockchain secure, and how is data handled? How is hashing made? What’s cryptography’s role?

This course will help you to:

- Understand well the technologies behind Bitcoin and Ethereum

- Learn about the use cases

- Understand and apply shared ledgers and smart contracts to your business network

- Explore the different use cases for blockchain, including enterprise solutions NFTs and DeFi

- Deploy a Smart Contract to Mint NFTs (NEW)

- Explore the blockchain technology in-depth

- Understand Hashing, Cryptography and Digital Signatures

- Explore the blockchain architecture

- Deploy an Ethereum node

- Understand how to perform various activities in the Ethereum Blockchain using the command line interface

- Interact with the Ethereum Blockchain using Geth and Python command line

- Take it to the next level of your blockchain career

and much more!