Practical Blockchain and Cryptocurrency

Course details

Learn how to incorporate practical crypto and blockchain knowledge and skills for your company's systems. This course focuses on real-world applications, so you can learn with hands-on demos. Expert author and trainer Aamir Lakhani provides hands-on, practical experience to help you become a blockchain and cryptocurrency engineer and architect.

Learn how to buy, trade, mine, and use cryptocurrency. Aamir shows you how to create your own blockchains for internal enterprise IT applications, create and execute your own smart contracts, perform cybersecurity audits on blockchains, and more. The course concludes with topics of modern cyber attacks in cryptocurrency and blockchain space, showing you how to test your own blockchain applications and understand how to protect them against future attacks.

Concepts

0. Introduction

01 - Practical blockchain and cryptocurrency - Introduction

Lesson 1 - Concept of Web Money

02 - Module 1 - Introduction to cryptocurrencies introduction
03 - Learning objectives
04 - A brief history of money
05 - Internet payment services
06 - Problems with credit cards and currency exchange

Lesson 2 - Introduction to Bitcoins

07 - Learning objectives
08 - Bitcoins and its origins
09 - Value of Bitcoins
10 - Bitcoins, supply, and inflation
11 - Earning Bitcoins

Lesson 3 - Working with Cryptocurrencies

12 - Learning objectives
13 - Buying, selling, and trading cryptocurrency
14 - Cryptocurrency investments
15 - Global tax and currency use laws and concerns supply and inflation
16 - Cryptocurrency in cyberattacks and cybercrime

Lesson 4 - Bitcoin Blockchain

17 - Module 2 - The blockchain introduction
18 - Learning objectives
19 - Blockchain and its origins
20 - Understanding blockchain hashes and identification
21 - Understanding blockchain proof of work (PoW)
22 - Blockchain nodes
23 - Private blockchains
24 - Sustainability and environmental impact of proof of work
25 - Proof of stake (PoS)

Lesson 5 - ETH and the Ethereum Blockchain

26 - Learning objectives
27 - Introduction to Ethereum
28 - The ETH cryptocurrency
29 - ETH gas and other transaction costs
30 - Major differences between ETH and other crypto

Lesson 6 - Alternative Blockchains

31 - Learning objectives
32 - Monero blockchain
33 - IBM blockchain
34 - R3 Corda
35 - Ripple

Lesson 7 - Mining Bitcoins

36 - Module 3 - Mining introduction
37 - Learning objectives
38 - Basics of Bitcoin mining
39 - Mining strategies and common mining mistakes
40 - Mining pools
41 - Environmental impact of Bitcoin mining

Lesson 8 - Mining ETH

42 - Learning objectives
43 - Differences between mining ETH and Bitcoins
44 - Understanding ETH and Ethereum blockchain
45 - Environmental impact of ETH mining

Lesson 9 - Mining AltCoins

46 - Learning objectives
47 - What to mine and why to mine AltCoins
48 - Mining DOGE Coin and does it make sense
49 - Mining Litecoins and Monero
50 - General sustainability issues with mining

Lesson 10 - Understanding Smart Contracts

51 - Module 4 - Blockchain applications introduction
52 - Learning objectives
53 - Understanding and creating your own smart contracts
54 - Blockchain demo

Lesson 11 - Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs)

55 - Learning objectives
56 - Understanding NFTs and the problems they solve
57 - A deep dive into NFTs
58 - How to create your NFT
59 - Buying and keeping NFTs
60 - How NFTs are used today

Lesson 12 - Other Blockchain Use Cases

61 - Learning objectives
62 - Introduction to blockchain smart storage applications
63 - Blockchain payroll applications
64 - Blockchain in the retail space
65 - Using blockchain for loss prevention
66 - Blockchain in the supply chain industry
67 - Healthcare applications and blockchains
68 - Electronic voting and voter confidence with blockchain
69 - Protecting privacy with blockchains

Lesson 13 - Cryptocurrency Attacks

70 - Module 5 - Cyber attacks introduction
71 - Learning objectives
72 - Attacks against Bitcoins
73 - Mt. Gox Bitcoin attack
74 - Ronin network attack
75 - Bitcoin and other crypto wallet attacks
76 - Common social engineering attacks against individuals

Lesson 14 - Blockchain Attacks

77 - Learning objectives
78 - Pen testing blockchains
79 - Blockchain pen testing road map

Lesson 15 - The Future of Blockchain

80 - Module 6 - Evolution of cryptocurrency and blockchains introduction
81 - Learning objectives
82 - The future of cryptocurrency
83 - Experts and government opinion on the future of cryptocurrency
84 - The evolution of blockchain
85 - Possible future applications and developments of blockchain

Summary

86 - Practical blockchain and cryptocurrency - Summary