Introduction to Blockchain Technologies
Completed by Edward Huang
October 21, 2025
20 hours (approximately)
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What you will learn
Explain how blockchain works, including its relationship to Bitcoin, cryptography, consensus, and decentralized trust.
Compare blockchain network types and evaluate their key design principles, stakeholders, and strategic tradeoffs.
Assess the opportunities and challenges of blockchain adoption, including scalability, governance, regulation, and security considerations.
Skills you will gain
- Category: Cryptography
- Category: Transaction Processing
- Category: Distributed Computing
- Category: Systems Design
- Category: Governance
- Category: Information Privacy
- Category: Blockchain
- Category: Stakeholder Analysis
- Category: Cybersecurity
- Category: Information Systems Security
