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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

SJ

Feb 5, 2022

Really l​earned a lot about the fundamentals of blockchain, being a software engineer looking into blockchain. It just got me up to speed with the underlying workflow of blockchain and more. loved it.

TT

Nov 19, 2018

This is an introductory course to Blockchain. The supplemented material (in other words self-study) is excellent and in my opinion is the only way to master the concepts and details of this discipline

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By Maneesh K J

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Jan 17, 2021

enjoyed this course. thank you coursera.

By Muhammad U M

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Dec 10, 2020

Brief Introduction for Beginners Level:)

By Agustin B

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Oct 13, 2020

Great for basic how to Blockchain Works!

By R S R

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Jun 10, 2020

Excellent Course for blockchain starters

By Irshad H

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Mar 8, 2020

great start up for me it is very helpful

By Samir D

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Dec 12, 2019

The best course to understand blockchain

By Aatif A

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Dec 5, 2019

Great experience to complete this course

By Lakshmi R

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Feb 18, 2019

Bina Ramamurthy has explained the basics

By Carlos A

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Oct 19, 2018

Great overview of Blockchain technology.

By 김상혁

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Jun 8, 2022

블록체인 개념과 비트코인, 이더리움에 대해 이해가 되는 교육이었습니다.

By Sriram S

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Jul 26, 2020

It was precise,clear and comprehensive.

By Abhinav S

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Jun 26, 2020

Every topic is covered in great detail.

By Soniya N M

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May 9, 2020

This is very nice course for beginners.

By Sanket V

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Apr 30, 2020

The last assignment was really good. :)

By Martinbhai K P

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Apr 26, 2020

Good fundamental exposure of blockchain

By Arjun L

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Nov 20, 2024

They take time and teach you the basic

By Leonardo S G

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Jul 29, 2024

Excelente conceptualización y práctica

By Harikrishnan. K

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Jul 9, 2023

Best course on blockchain fundamentals

By Duy H

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May 28, 2022

Good lecturer with rich lesson content

By Nehansh J

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May 24, 2021

On point course for complete beginners

By Raja B

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Apr 29, 2020

Best for learning basics of blockchain

By Benoy M

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Apr 20, 2020

Great course for fundamental knowledge

By Volker S

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Oct 30, 2019

Really helpful for basic understanding

By Hieu T

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Mar 29, 2019

Excellent; well coverage of the topics

By Olson T

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Oct 13, 2018

An excellent way to get new learnings!