Crypto and Blockchain for Beginners: The Ultimate Guide

Everything you need to know about Blockchain, the technology behind it and cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin and Ethereum.

Created by: Siim Õunap
Expert Advisor on Financial Technologies

What Will I Learn?

• Introduction to Blockchain
• Decentralization
• Immutability
• Anonymity
• Cryptography
• Benefits of Blockchain
• Disadvantages of Blockchain
• General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)
• Transactions on the Blockchain
• Electronic Cash
• Smart Contracts
• Blockchain 2.0
• e-Estonia
• Banking the Unbanked
• Cryptocurrencies
• Public and Private Keys
• Cryptocurrency Wallets
• Creation of Personal Token/Coin
• Main Cryptocurrencies
• Bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum (ETH) and others
• Ethereum Blockchain
• SegWit
• Smart Contracts
• Symmetrical Cryptography
• Asymmetrical Cryptography
• Hashing
• Multisig- Multi Signature Cryptography
• Hybrid Cryptography
• What are ITOs/ICOs
• Phishing and Fake ICOs
• Transactions, Hash Function and Hash Value
• Merkle Tree
• Mining Bitcoin
• Proof of Work (PoW)
• Proof of Stake (PoS)
• Delegated Proof of Stake (DPoS)
• Proof of Authority (PoA)
• Proof of Burn (PoB)
• Directed Acyclic Graph
• Byzantine Fault Tolerance
• Proof of Space/Capacity
• Proof of Activity
• Proof of Elapsed Time

Requirements

• Though having some previous knowledge is advantage, this course made for absolute beginners

Target audience

• Everyone with interest in cryptocurrencies, blockchain, implications and how does it all work providing endless possibilities.