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Amazon Web Services

Introduction to Blockchain

Amazon Web Services and Amazon via AWS Skill Builder

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Overview

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This introductory course is designed for technical and nontechnical learners who are unfamiliar with blockchain and interested in how this technology can solve business problems. The course covers core blockchain concepts, benefits, and potential hurdles. The course also provides real-world examples of how businesses have implemented blockchain to solve a business need.

  • Course level: Fundamental
  • Duration: One hour


Activities

This course includes presentations, interactive learning objects, and knowledge checks.


Course objectives

In this course, you will learn to:

  • List blockchain core concepts
  • Compare and contrast blockchain and other similar technologies as databases and ledgers
  • Explain the benefits of blockchain in solving business problems
  • State examples of blockchain technology applied in various industries
  • Recognize the challenges in establishing blockchain
  • Describe the basics concepts, functionality, and benefits of Amazon Managed Blockchain


Intended audience

This course is intended for:

  • Application developers responsible for implementing blockchain applications that meet the required business and technical specifications
  • Solutions architects responsible for designing blockchain applications that follow open standards and best practices for architecture design, performance, reliability, and security
  • Business leaders responsible for evaluating and approving blockchain initiatives at their organizations
  • DevOps engineers responsible for designing, deploying, and maintaining the cloud infrastructure that powers the blockchain applications


Prerequisites

This course has no prerequisites. 


Course outline


Module 1: Introduction to Blockchain

  • Everyday blockchain
  • Comparing ledger, distributed ledger, and blockchains
  • Everyday examples of blockchain


Module 2: Benefits of Blockchain

  • Decentralization
  • Transparency
  • Immutability
  • Auditability


Module 3: Blockchain Core Concepts

  • Blocks
  • Cryptography
  • Timestamping
  • Peer-to-peer network
  • Smart contracts
  • Consensus mechanisms
  • Blockchain types


Module 4: Blockchain Framework

  • What is a Blockchain Framework


Module 5: Challenges in Establishing Blockchain

  • Issues with establishing blockchain


Module 6: Solving Your Business Problems Using AWS Services

  • Introduction to Amazon Managed Blockchain


Module 7: Other Applications of Blockchain Technology

  • Additional examples and use cases for blockchain technology

Reviews

4.9 rating, based on 7 Class Central reviews

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  • This course offers a good overview of the blockchain technology. I learned about what blockchain is, what the benefits of using blockchain technology are, what the challenges are in establishing blockchain network, and some examples of blockchain applications and frameworks.
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    Mohd Ameenuddin Ahmed
    A simple and easy course, it gives you the basics and fundamentals of Blockchain. A good start to Blockchain technology. Definitely do it if you're running out of time and want to add something worthy to your resume or CV.
  • NIHA UROOJ
    I must say this is a very good course it helps me learn alot and it added another skill in my cv to get jobs and match the worlds competition.
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    Satyajit Panda
    Intresting to learn about blockchain, Learned a lot on this course and now feeling lil-bit confident.
  • Profile image for Mihir Kulkarni
    Mihir Kulkarni
    Brilliant short course on understanding basic concepts in block-chain management and maintainance. It introduced me to the different sectors of blockchain setup and management.
  • Brinda Sreedharan
    Crisp and clear content with links if one wants to get into the details. Well-made course for beginners and people who have a flair to dig deeper.
  • Profile image for Ameya Vivek Shirsat
    Ameya Vivek Shirsat
    Content Was Good But Entirely Reading Based Only, No Videos Were There In This Course, Though I Wanted To Learn About Blockchain So I Took It.

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