
Introduction to Blockchain course and Distributed Models
Progress of the technology in the past few years and how it is gaining importance.
What is the current state of the technology? Is it ready for industry grade applications?
How does blockchain applications differ from current solutions? How will it impact differently?
Brief overview of course modules
Forecast by experts on the potential of the technology and new business models
Explore block chain technology, or distributed ledger technology, and how its unique features enable digital transformation through industry applications, implementation, and use cases across sectors.
There are different blockchain frameworks. They have some common features. As an example, Oracle, SQL Server, MySQL are not different technologies. It is different variants of databases which has some common features and functionalities
What is DLT and Blockchain? Are they the same?
Read about hashing which is mentioned in the lecture, if you want to know more about it.
What is decentralisation? How does it help?
Understanding Decentralisation with a real world example.
What is consensus? How does this key feature help?
Understanding Consensus with a real world example.
Learn more about Proof of Work and Proof of Stake.
What is a smart contract in blockchain?
Understanding Smart Contracts with a real world example.
Overview of an insurance application on blockchain
Explore blockchain features such as distributed and decentralized append-only data, immutability, auditable ledgers, consensus, tamperproof security, smart contracts, and multi-party automation for tracking assets, sharing information, and automating business processes.
Overview of Bitcoin and its impact.
Features of Bitcoin and New Developments we should watch for
Overview of a Distributed Blockchain based application for Energy trading and distribution
Discover how distributed ledger technology enables immutable, tamper-proof data sharing across businesses, addressing public blockchain limits and highlighting use cases and private frameworks like hyper ledger fabric, Corta, and Khorram.
FoodTrust is one of the widely used blockchain based supply chain solution used by major retailers and suppliers in the food industry.
Explore blockchain features such as distribution and decentralization, consensus mechanism, and smart contracts; learn how tamperproof data and automated rules reduce intermediaries and audits.
Explore public and private blockchain differences, compare popular frameworks, and identify suitable applications, tools, and expertise to select and implement the right framework for business challenges.
Key characteristics of public blockchains like Bitcoin and Ethereum
Explore popular enterprise grade permissioned blockchain frameworks such as Hyperledger Fabric, Corda, and Quorum, their characteristics, and use cases in supply chain, trade, finance, and health care.
Bitcoin enables decentralized currency exchange and payments without intermediaries, via a network of over 10,000 nodes, using proof of work consensus, seven transactions per second, and limited smart contract features.
Explore Bitcoin's goal as a global, decentralized financial system and its rising value. Learn how layer two networks and side chains enable faster transactions, smart contracts, and digital assets.
A brief overview of the NFT. What is an NFT? What are the characteristics? What is its future?
Quorum, initiated by JP Morgan and now open source, provides transaction privacy, role-based access control, privacy manager, and pluggable consensus like raft and inpower for scalable enterprise use.
Hyperledger Fabric use cases moved into production, delivering benefits across industries and enabling participation by large enterprises worldwide.
Case study of Aviation spare parts market place which involves a lot of trusted documentation, auditability and traceability
Explore permissioned and enterprise blockchain frameworks, their access controls, data privacy, and infrastructure advantages for enterprise smart contracts, high-volume b2b processes, sensitive data, and where to use permissions networks.
Assess implementation feasibility for blockchain projects by evaluating data scale, tens of thousands of transactions per second, and hybrid versus fully blockchain-enabled approaches as the technology matures.
Explore Damul, an open source, platform-agnostic smart contract language that abstracts deployment targets from logic, enabling developers to focus on the business logic and build portable distributed applications across blockchains.
Explore how industry standards and user groups drive blockchain adoption by sharing experiences, addressing deployment challenges, and shaping enterprise standards through Hyperledger, Enterprise Ethereum Alliance, Bieda, Moby, and others.
Examine a sample blockchain project case study to show why production rose from five percent in 2019 to fourteen percent in 2020, and outline a two-phase exploration and development framework.
Identify the real business value in the exploration phase by examining the project from all angles, focusing on business case identification, trust through transparency, and value justification.
Blockchain for Digital Transformation course is designed with inputs from experts to give you a clear fundamental understanding of blockchain and distributed ledger technology with a balanced view of all blockchain frameworks. Course is structured to uncover the technology using multiple layers which provides a solid foundation in a easy to understand method with analogies , examples and use cases. Any one completing this course will have a clear understanding of the technology and its impacts and will be ready for any future transformations involving blockchain.
This course is inspired from practical experience of using blockchain and distributed ledger technologies for different use cases both in public and permissioned settings. Care has been taken not to overly use technical jargons which can be ambiguous and harm the understanding of the technology and its full potential.
In a step by step process, you will understand the key features which is common to all different frameworks and how it helps in building innovative solutions. You will see how some of the popular frameworks implement these features, certain capabilities specific to each frameworks, future plans for some of these frameworks, which will help in choosing the right framework in your transformation projects.
Understanding the technology is useful only if you can implement it in a productive manner. The course also covers the different tools and resources, user and standard groups which are important for accelerating the roadmap from vision to reality. It includes a proof of concept project and steps required to bring an idea into reality.
Whether you are from a technology or business background, you can enjoy this course which can be a solid foundation on blockchain and will have the confidence required to enter a new era where blockchain might become an integral part of many initiatives and new business models.