Practical Blockchain and Cryptocurrency
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What you'll learn
Understand the basics of blockchain technology
Work blockchain and cryptocurrencies
Create and store cryptocurrencies
Create NFTs, Write and enforce smart contracts on blockchains
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There are 6 modules in this course
This course is your complete guide to learning and incorporating practical crypto and blockchain knowledge and skills for your company's systems. It focuses on real-world applications, so you can learn with hands-on demos. You will learn to buy, trade, mine your own, and use cryptocurrency, including Bitcoin, Ripple, and DOGE; create your own blockchains for internal enterprise IT applications; create and execute your own smart contracts; and learn to perform cybersecurity audits on blockchains. This course was built for anyone who wants to understand how popular cryptocurrencies work including Bitcoins and ETH, as well as professionals needing to implement their own blockchain applications or mine cryptocurrencies, and cybersecurity professionals who need to test and audit Blockchain applications. The course concludes with topics of modern cyber attacks in cryptocurrency and blockchain space. You will have the tools needed to test your own blockchain applications and understand how to protect them against future attacks.
In this module, You’ll start by exploring the concept of digital currencies. Next, you’ll learn about Bitcoins, including how they came into existence and how they are used. Finally, you’ll examine how Bitcoins are used today in the modern world.
What's included
15 videos3 assignments
15 videos•Total 99 minutes
- Module Introduction•0 minutes
- Learning objectives•0 minutes
- A brief history of money•10 minutes
- Internet payment services•8 minutes
- Problems with credit cards and currency exchange•5 minutes
- Learning objectives•0 minutes
- Bitcoins and its origins•17 minutes
- Value of Bitcoins•15 minutes
- Bitcoins, supply, and inflation•3 minutes
- Earning Bitcoins•5 minutes
- Learning objectives•0 minutes
- Buying, selling, and trading cryptocurrency•6 minutes
- Cryptocurrency investments•10 minutes
- Global tax and currency use laws and concerns supply and inflation•11 minutes
- Cryptocurrency in cyberattacks and cybercrime•8 minutes
3 assignments•Total 30 minutes
- Concept of Web Money Quiz•10 minutes
- Introduction to Bitcoins Quiz•10 minutes
- Working with Cryptocurrencies Quiz•10 minutes
What's included
19 videos3 assignments
19 videos•Total 109 minutes
- Module Introduction•0 minutes
- Learning objectives•0 minutes
- Blockchain and its origins•17 minutes
- Understanding blockchain hashes and identification•12 minutes
- Understanding blockchain proof of work (PoW)•13 minutes
- Blockchain nodes•7 minutes
- Private blockchains•3 minutes
- Sustainability and environmental impact of proof of work•4 minutes
- Proof of stake (PoS)•17 minutes
- Learning objectives•0 minutes
- Introduction to Ethereum•5 minutes
- The ETH cryptocurrency•6 minutes
- ETH Gas and other transaction costs•6 minutes
- Major differences between ETH and other crypto•5 minutes
- Learning objectives•0 minutes
- Monero blockchain•4 minutes
- IBM blockchain•3 minutes
- R3 Corda•2 minutes
- Ripple•4 minutes
3 assignments•Total 30 minutes
- Bitcoin Blockchain Quiz•10 minutes
- ETH and the Ethereum Blockchain Quiz•10 minutes
- Alternative Blockchains Quiz•10 minutes
What's included
15 videos3 assignments
15 videos•Total 43 minutes
- Module Introduction•1 minute
- Learning objectives•0 minutes
- Basics of Bitcoin mining•6 minutes
- Mining strategies and common mining mistakes•7 minutes
- Mining pools•2 minutes
- Envrionmental impact of Bitcoin mining•4 minutes
- Learning objectives•0 minutes
- Differences between mining ETH and Bitcoins•3 minutes
- Understanding ETH and Ethereum blockchain•1 minute
- Environmental impact of ETH mining•2 minutes
- Learning objectives•0 minutes
- What to mine and why to mine AltCoins•7 minutes
- Mining DOGE Coin and does it make sense?•5 minutes
- Mining Litecoins and Monero•3 minutes
- General sustainability issues with mining•2 minutes
3 assignments•Total 30 minutes
- Mining Bitcoins Quiz•10 minutes
- Mining ETH Quiz•10 minutes
- Mining AltCoins Quiz•10 minutes
What's included
19 videos3 assignments
19 videos•Total 79 minutes
- Module Introduction•0 minutes
- Learning objectives•0 minutes
- Understanding and creating your own smart contracts•8 minutes
- Blockchain demo•14 minutes
- Learning objectives•0 minutes
- Understanding NFTs and the problems they solve•4 minutes
- A deep dive into NFTs•9 minutes
- How to create your NFT•4 minutes
- Buying and keeping NFTs•3 minutes
- How NFTs are used today•9 minutes
- Learning objectives•1 minute
- Introduction to blockchain smart storage applications•4 minutes
- Blockchain payroll applications•3 minutes
- Blockchain in the retail space•3 minutes
- Using blockchain for loss prevention•3 minutes
- Blockchain in the supply chain industry•2 minutes
- Healthcare applications and blockchains•4 minutes
- Electronic voting and voter confidence with blockchain•6 minutes
- Protecting privacy with blockchains•2 minutes
3 assignments•Total 30 minutes
- Understanding Smart Contracts Quiz•10 minutes
- Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs) Quiz•10 minutes
- Other Blockchain Use Cases Quiz•10 minutes
What's included
10 videos2 assignments
10 videos•Total 44 minutes
- Module Introduction•0 minutes
- Learning objectives•0 minutes
- Attacks against Bitcoins•12 minutes
- Mt. Gox Bitcoin attack•3 minutes
- Ronin network attack•3 minutes
- Bitcoin and other crypto wallet attacks•6 minutes
- Common social engineering attacks against individuals•7 minutes
- Learning objectives•0 minutes
- Pen testing blockchains•6 minutes
- Blockchain Pen Testing Road Map•5 minutes
2 assignments•Total 20 minutes
- Cryptocurrency Attacks Quiz•10 minutes
- Blockchain Attacks Quiz•10 minutes
What's included
7 videos2 assignments
7 videos•Total 45 minutes
- Module Introduction•0 minutes
- Learning objectives•0 minutes
- The future of cryptocurrency•4 minutes
- Experts and government opinion on the future of cryptocurrency•7 minutes
- The evolution of blockchain•5 minutes
- Possible future applications and developments of blockchain•14 minutes
- Course Summary•14 minutes
2 assignments•Total 40 minutes
- The Future of Blockchain Quiz•10 minutes
- End of Course Assessment•30 minutes
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