Blockchain Beginnings – 10 Masterclass Bundle

A Jargon-Free Deep Dive into the World of Blockchain, DeFi, NFTs, DAOs, Web3, and More!

Created by: Ben Baldieri
Academic Co-Director of the Zigurat Masters in Blockchain

What Will I Learn?

• Understand how blockchain challenges and evolves traditional trust models.
• Discover the fundamental aspects of a blockchain and its component parts, including consensus mechanisms, hashing, cryptography, and more.
• Understand bitcoin and other major cryptocurrencies, their uses cases, and unique attributes.
• Define crypto onramps, payment providers, centralised and decentralised exchanges, their features, benefits, and challenges.
• Understand the role of wallets in the crypto ecosystem and explore different types of wallets, their functionality, security aspects, and more.
• Learn how smart contracts automate and streamline transactions on the blockchain, and their applications to businesses.
• Uncover the components, benefits, challenges, and future of Decentralised Finance (DeFi)
• Learn what non-fungible tokens (NFTs) are, how they're created, traded, and the prospects they offer.
• Discover Decentralised Autonomous Organisations (DAOs), a new model of organisational governance.
• Understand how Web3 differs from Web2, the opportunities it presents, and how the previous lessons technologies come together in the network economy.

Requirements

• No prior experience required. This course is designed for non-technical beginners and will teach you everything you need to know to get started.

Target audience

• Non-Technical business professionals and executives who want to understand digital assets and blockchain without the jargon.