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Revolutionizing Finance: Mastering Blockchain Foundations

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Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.
Intermediate level

Recommended experience

5 hours to complete
Flexible schedule
Learn at your own pace

What you'll learn

  • Define the core principles of blockchain technology, decentralized systems, and digital ledgers in financial applications.

  • Analyze the impact of blockchain on banking, payments, trading, and investment, including the rise of DeFi and tokenization.

  • Develop and deploy smart contracts on Ethereum using Solidity, while exploring blockchain platforms like Bitcoin and Hyperledger Fabric.

  • Apply blockchain solutions to real-world financial challenges, leveraging hands-on tools and frameworks to optimize business operations.

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4 assignments¹

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Blockchain is transforming finance, redefining how transactions, trading, and customer engagement are managed across the industry. This course introduces the fundamentals of blockchain technology and demonstrates its real-world applications in banking, payments, trading, and decentralized finance (DeFi). Moving beyond theory, you’ll gain hands-on experience with smart contract development in Solidity and explore platforms such as Bitcoin and Hyperledger to understand how blockchain drives innovation in financial systems.

Designed for finance professionals, traders, investors, entrepreneurs, and fintech innovators, the course requires no prior blockchain experience. A basic understanding of finance concepts is helpful, but curiosity and a desire to explore new technologies are most important. By the end, you’ll be able to explain blockchain principles, evaluate its role in financial transformation, and apply blockchain solutions to create value and stay competitive in a rapidly evolving financial landscape.

In this course, you’ll explore the transformative power of blockchain in finance through real-world applications. Through hands-on experience with Bitcoin, Ethereum, smart contracts, and decentralized finance tools, you’ll learn to build secure financial solutions, streamline transactions, and apply blockchain to payments, trading, and banking. You’ll also develop and deploy smart contracts, understand digital ledgers, and harness blockchain's potential to drive innovation and efficiency in the financial industry.

What's included

19 videos5 readings4 assignments5 peer reviews2 discussion prompts

19 videosTotal 109 minutes
  • Welcome & Course Overview 3 minutes
  • Tips for Helpful Completion 3 minutes
  • Evolution of Blockchain in Finance 4 minutes
  • Core Principles of Blockchain 4 minutes
  • Consensus Mechanisms (PoW vs. PoS) 6 minutes
  • Bitcoin & Ethereum – How They Work 7 minutes
  • Exploring Bitcoin Transactions 7 minutes
  • Decentralization vs. Centralization 5 minutes
  • Public, Private & Consortium Blockchains 6 minutes
  • Hyperledger Fabric & Enterprise Blockchains 4 minutes
  • Running a Local Ethereum Node 9 minutes
  • Introduction to Smart Contracts 11 minutes
  • Solidity Basics – Writing a Smart Contract 3 minutes
  • Writing & Deploying a Smart Contract on Ethereum 4 minutes
  • DeFi & Tokenization in Finance 6 minutes
  • Blockchain in Banking & Payments 5 minutes
  • Blockchain in Stock Markets & Trading 4 minutes
  • Creating a Private Blockchain Network 12 minutes
  • Course Wrap Up6 minutes
5 readingsTotal 25 minutes
  • Welcome to the Course: Course Overview5 minutes
  • What Is Blockchain Technology? A Comprehensive Beginner’s Guide5 minutes
  • Types of Blockchain – GeeksforGeeks5 minutes
  • What is DeFi? A Beginner's Guide to Decentralized Finance 5 minutes
  • Blockchain Cross Border Payments: Ultimate Guide for 20255 minutes
4 assignmentsTotal 80 minutes
  • Blockchain Technology: The Essentials 20 minutes
  • Decentralized Systems and Digital Ledgers 20 minutes
  • Smart Contracts and Blockchain Tools 20 minutes
  • Blockchain in Financial Industry 20 minutes
5 peer reviewsTotal 100 minutes
  • Hands-On-Learning: Setting Up an Ethereum Wallet & Sending Transactions 10 minutes
  • Hands-On-Learning: Creating and Querying a Hyperledger Fabric Network 10 minutes
  • Hands-On-Learning: Interacting with a Smart Contract using Web3.js10 minutes
  • Hands-On-Learning: Exploring Smart Contracts in Financial Applications 10 minutes
  • Project: Building a Decentralized Financial Application (DeFi DApp) 60 minutes
2 discussion promptsTotal 10 minutes
  • Choosing the Right Blockchain for Enterprise Collaboration5 minutes
  • Evaluating Blockchain Integration for Business Transformation5 minutes

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