Curriculum
Blockchain Technology
Introduction
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Module I - Fundamentals of Blockchain
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Module II - Blockchain Platforms and Smart Contracts
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Module III - Blockchain Security, Privacy and Attacks
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Module IV - Ethereum Accounts and Transactions
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Module V - Smart Contracts and the Ethereum Virtual Machine
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Module VI - Gas, Transaction Fees and the Block Gas Limit
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Introduction
- Welcome to the course. This course covers the fundamentals of blockchain, smart contracts and the Ethereum platform, with a focus on security.
- About this course. Blockchain, smart contracts and Ethereum are core building blocks of secure decentralised systems. Understanding them helps learners protect data integrity and judge blockchain-based services.
- Did you know? On Ethereum, every computation step has to be paid for in gas.
- Learning objectives and expected outcomes
- 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.
- Outcome: By the end of the course, learners will understand the fundamentals of blockchain security and how Ethereum transactions, smart contracts and the EVM work.
- Course structure
- Module 01: Fundamentals of Blockchain
- Module 02: Blockchain Platforms and Smart Contracts
- Module 03: Blockchain Security, Privacy and Attacks
- Module 04: Ethereum Accounts and Transactions
- Module 05: Smart Contracts and the Ethereum Virtual Machine
- Module 06: Gas, Transaction Fees and the Block Gas Limit
