Blockchain Technology

This course introduces the fundamentals of blockchain, smart contracts and the Ethereum platform, with a focus on security. In today’s digital world, mastering these building blocks of secure decentralised systems is crucial to protect data integrity and to evaluate blockchain-based services.

Course objectives
Understand the basic principles of blockchain and distributed ledgers. Learn how smart contracts work and how Ethereum executes them. Explore blockchain security mechanisms, attacks and gas economics.

Expected outcomes
By the end of this course, you will understand the fundamentals of blockchain security and how Ethereum transactions, smart contracts and the EVM operate.

What you will learn
– Module I: Fundamentals of Blockchain
– Module II: Blockchain Platforms and Smart Contracts
– Module III: Blockchain Security, Privacy and Attacks
– Module IV: Ethereum Accounts and Transactions
– Module V: Smart Contracts and the Ethereum Virtual Machine
– Module VI: Gas, Transaction Fees and the Block Gas Limit