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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 Andrew

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Jul 28, 2018

Very helpful to know blockchain basics

By Luis R

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Jul 12, 2018

Excelente contenido, muy recomendable.

By shoaib a

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Jul 13, 2023

it is a good begginer friendly course

By Eric P

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Jun 4, 2022

A very educational course. Well done!

By Birendra K

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Dec 27, 2021

Amazing starter course for beginners

By binoj v

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Aug 4, 2021

Course material is easy to understand

By Santosh S

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Jul 6, 2020

One of the Best Course on Blockchain.

By Nasurudeen A N

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May 11, 2020

Very Good Teaching Thank you Coursera

By Ritik B

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Apr 29, 2020

crystal clear explanation of concepts

By Maikel R

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Oct 15, 2018

Classes well designed and well taught

By ABHINEET S

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Jul 18, 2021

A Great Learning Experience Indeed !

By AMIT S

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Jun 4, 2021

Excellent course to learn the basics

By Mario A S

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May 12, 2021

Excellent introduction to blockchain

By Sunanda V

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Dec 25, 2020

I loved the course thanks Miss. BIna

By Sam P P

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Jun 24, 2020

Useful and highly informative courss

By Kaushik R

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Jan 8, 2020

excellent, completed in just 3 days!

By gaocen

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Nov 14, 2019

a good start for long journey to go.

By Julie A

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Sep 24, 2018

Great stater for blockchain study !!

By A. R A

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Oct 20, 2023

thanks very much! very resourceful!

By Suryarao N

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Aug 19, 2022

Great course on blockchain basics.

By Gaurav M

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May 30, 2020

good beginner course for blockchain

By Saqib A

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May 26, 2020

explain in a very unique way thanks

By Dr. R I

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May 24, 2020

Good course planning and execution.

By Pruthvi

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Aug 4, 2019

Thank you for the wonderful course.

By A J

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Jul 30, 2019

Brilliant ! Well crafted ! Precise!