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Blockchain for Business

Robert Schwentker, Alexandra Groetsema, Arianna Groetsema, Navroop Sahdev, Nathalie Salami, Ernesto Lee, Kris Bennett, Rosa Santos, Elliott Callender, Dylan Davis, Stephen Curran, Alejandro (Sasha) Vicente Grabovetsky, Nicola Paoli, Flavia Cioanca, and Bobbi Muscara

Blockchain is a powerful distributed-ledger technology that is poised to revolutionize the way entire industries do business from supply chain tracking to real-estate transaction processing and everything in between. With that potential there is a lot of hype to contend with. This program will teach business professionals what blockchain is, possible use cases and applications to help them better understand blockchain landscape and how they might leverage this technology in their own industry.

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Blockchain is a powerful distributed-ledger technology that is poised to revolutionize the way entire industries do business from supply chain tracking to real-estate transaction processing and everything in between. With that potential there is a lot of hype to contend with. This program will teach business professionals what blockchain is, possible use cases and applications to help them better understand blockchain landscape and how they might leverage this technology in their own industry.

Skills in blockchain are being reported as the top job-skill in demand. This program would provide a great first step in verifying candidates have fundamental understanding of blockchain technologies.

What you'll learn

  • Describe Business Blockchain and Distributed Ledger Technologies to audiences with varying experience
  • Blockchain impact and potential for change around the world
  • Demonstrate some of the immediate blockchain use cases in technology, business, and enterprise products and institutions
  • Gain familiarity with current Hyperledger projects and cross-industry use cases

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Two courses

Blockchain: Understanding Its Uses and Implications

(35 hours)
Blockchain technology is changing how businesses operate. With trust built into blockchain solutions, it is important to understand how this new technology is different and how it works in comparison with technologies of the past. This course covers the main concepts of blockchain, its major characteristics, and its applications in various industries.

Introduction to Hyperledger Blockchain Technologies

(30 hours)
Discover the power of business blockchains and distributed ledger technologies with an overview of Hyperledger and its key frameworks. Blockchains record promises, trades, transactions, or items we never want to disappear, allowing everyone in an ecosystem to keep a copy of the common system of record.

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