The Linux Foundation

Blockchain: Understanding its Uses and Implications (Linux Foundation)

Offered by Linux Foundation,

Understand exactly what a blockchain is, its impact and potential for change around the world, and analyze use cases in technology, business, and enterprise products and institutions. Blockchain technology is changing how business is executed. It’s important to understand why blockchain is different and how it works in comparison with technologies of the past.

The first segment of this course covers all the main concepts of what Blockchain is. It discusses how it began as a triple ledger system first introduced for the administration of the cryptocurrency Bitcoin, and how it is now applied to all aspects of business including government, banking, supply chains, and a host of other industries.
It also analyzes the concept of transparent ledgers, both public and permissioned, and focuses on using cryptography to achieve consensus, immutability, and governance of transactions. This is all part of Blockchain’s ability to provide “trusted data from untrusted sources,” disrupting traditional accounting methodologies and international trade.
The course then dives into the various methods of blockchain governance that currently exist in the marketplace as well as how consensus fits into governance. It explores how to reach consensus through proof-of-work or proof-of-stake.
Other aspects of the course include examining the very specific features of blockchain that solve problems that have been difficult to overcome in the past with more centralized architectures.
The final part of the course takes a deep dive into the various use cases of blockchain, complete with analyzing real examples of how different industries are executing the technology and improving their business. Examining a problem, and then depicting a blockchain use case that solves the problem, will help gain an understanding of how blockchain is applied to real-world situations.

What you’ll learn:

What a blockchain is
Blockchain impact and potential for change around the world
Understand how blockchain is applied to all aspects of business
Demonstrate some of the immediate blockchain use cases in technology, business, and enterprise products and institutions

Course Syllabus:

Welcome & Introduction
Chapter 1. Introduction to Blockchain
Chapter 2. Governance and Consensus
Chapter 3. Blockchain Problem Solving
Chapter 4. Blockchain Use Cases
Final Exam

Note: This course is currently not available.

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