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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

SP

Jul 15, 2018

Amazing Course , easy to follow , in depth explanation, easy to understand , I have was amazing Experience, still learning a lot ... and for me this was the best way to start learn about blockchain

SR

Jul 27, 2020

the blockchain concept is gonna be a revolutionary one in every field.this course is very helpful and easily understandable for every one irrespective of the background from which they came

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By vijaya k D

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Jul 25, 2018

if one wanted to get grip on blockchain, this is the first and best starting point

By Hamed M

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Nov 27, 2023

Great Knowledge.I really Appriciate From Coursera for providing such great Course

By kasun h

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Dec 16, 2021

This is good course to those who have less knowledge with block chain technology.

By AYUSH S

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Dec 19, 2020

I am very lucky to have this as my first course.

Thank you for making this course.

By Deleted A

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Jul 15, 2019

The course is really good if you want to start a blockchain career from the root.

By Tirthankar B

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Feb 15, 2019

Good Course! I learned a lot. However, the last course assignment could have been

By Disha D

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Sep 9, 2018

The course is excellent for all those looking for a basic overview of blockchain.

By Altaf H

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Aug 6, 2023

It is a very resourceful course and I recommend it for new learner to start with

By jakenaumann

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Jan 29, 2021

Great course to learn about blockchain if you are only kind of familiar with it.

By SONAVANE Y N

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Jul 10, 2020

The overall course contents were absolutely amazing, got to learn something new.

By CARLOS A C M

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Jul 4, 2020

This is a really good course for blockchain introduction concpets and operations

By Sachin G

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Feb 4, 2019

Tutorials were neatly designed, easy to understand with right text and graphics.

By Naresh B

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Dec 14, 2018

Great introduction and demonstration of basic elements in Blockchain technology.

By Il'ya V

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Aug 4, 2018

it's simple course, but for new learner it's the most suitable option.

thank you.

By David M

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Mar 13, 2023

The most thorough course I've taken so far, with a little more technical aspect

By Okiemute G

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Jun 13, 2022

Great! Fundamental concepts were explained with practical, real-world examples.

By Rohit S

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Aug 30, 2021

Extremely well written content and covers all basics. Final assignment was fun!

By Rahul C T

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Jun 1, 2020

Bina Mams pace was too good.The lucidness in each concept was really excellent.

By Ahmer M

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Sep 21, 2019

This was an amazing course. The professor explained everything in great detail.

By Veerbahadur G

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Sep 29, 2018

This is EXCELLENT course and it is VERY VERY VERY helpful. Please go for it. :)

By Akam E W

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Jun 13, 2018

A passionate lesson that I'll trigger you to learn more of the future currency.

By Muhammad H A

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Nov 2, 2022

This course is super beneficial who wanted to dive into blockchain technology.

By Jehan K

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Jan 5, 2022

Satisfied with what I have learned. Intended learning outcomes mostly achieved

By SAHIL S

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Dec 13, 2021

A good overview over the basics of Blockchain along with hands on experience.

By Milad M

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Sep 11, 2021

I am very happy that I had the chance to participate in this course.

Thank you