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.
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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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September 2025
16 assignments
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There are 6 modules in this course
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.
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19 videos3 assignments
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