Blockchain For Beginners: Learning Blockchain Applications

Welcome to this course: Blockchain For Beginners - Learning Blockchain Applications. Blockchain will change the world. Blockchain is a distributed database that enables permanent, transparent, and secure storage of data. It is a technology that powers the development of decentralized applications. This technology allows the construction of a network with no single control that enables participants to make contributions to and receive benefits from the network directly. Blockchain technology uses cryptography to keep data secure. This course will give you a thorough overview of blockchain and explain how a blockchain works. You will begin by going through various blockchain consensus mechanisms and cryptographic hash functions. As you make your way through the course, you will gain insight into this leading technology and its implementation in the real world. You will also cover the technical foundation of blockchain and understand the fundamentals of cryptography and how they keep data secure.