This course will introduce you to the fascinating and rapidly growing world of bitcoin (cryptocurrencies) and blockchain technologies.
This course will introduce you to the fascinating and rapidly growing world of bitcoin (cryptocurrencies) and blockchain technologies.
The future of money rests in digital currency, and the most famous of digital currencies at the time of this writing is bitcoin. Bitcoin, is intimately linked to a technology referred to as blockchain, an unchangeable chronological list of all transactions that can be linked to and confirmed within a given digital currency.
This course provides an overview of the definition, history, and application of bitcoin and blockchain and then focuses specifically on their application, along with a brief synopsis of future trends, markets for their application, and the future of crime in the blockchain economy.
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Explore the fundamental principles of blockchain technology and its impact. Blockchain technology is a digital ledger that keeps records of transactions called blocks, that are linked together as a chain and secured by cryptography.
As blockchain technology becomes more accepted, more organizations see the benefits and want to take advantage of them. There is a huge demand for skilled developers who can build innovative applications that make use of blockchain-based technology.
The focus of this course is on distributed ledger systems (DLT) and their applications. Blockchain technology is one of several distributed, decentralized ledger database systems.
Explore the world of blockchain, bitÂcoin, and disÂtribÂuted ledgers in this introÂducÂtoÂry course. Learn how blockchain/?cryptocurrency techÂnolÂoÂgy works and what are its pracÂtiÂcal appliÂcaÂtions. UnderÂstand the hisÂtoÂry and the masÂsive disÂrupÂtive potenÂtial of this t...
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