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Practical Blockchain and Cryptocurrency

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Price

Free

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Level

BEGINNER

Duration

7 h 19 min

About this course

This course is your complete guide to learning and incorporating practical crypto and blockchain knowledge and skills for your company's systems. It focuses on real-world applications, so you can learn with hands-on demos. You will learn to buy, trade, mine your own, and use cryptocurrency, including Bitcoin, Ripple, and DOGE; create your own blockchains for internal enterprise IT applications; create and execute your own smart contracts; and learn to perform cybersecurity audits on blockchains. This course was built for anyone who wants to understand how popular cryptocurrencies work including Bitcoins and ETH, as well as professionals needing to implement their own blockchain applications or mine cryptocurrencies, and cybersecurity professionals who need to test and audit Blockchain applications. The course concludes with topics of modern cyber attacks in cryptocurrency and blockchain space. You will have the tools needed to test your own blockchain applications and understand how to protect them against future attacks.

What you will learn

  • Understand the basics of blockchain technology
  • Work blockchain and cryptocurrencies
  • Create and store cryptocurrencies
  • Create NFTs, Write and enforce smart contracts on blockchains