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Blockchain Foundations

The primitives beneath every distributed ledger.

Admission

Enrol as a Scholar to enter this Program, keep a record of your progress, and pursue the Certificate in Blockchain Foundations (Foundation tier)..

No tuition is configured for this Program. Register your interest and we will write to you when admissions open.

101Course
History of Digital Money
Why decades of digital cash failed, and why Bitcoin did not.
17 lessons·Foundation
The Problem of Digital ValueThe Pre-Bitcoin AttemptsThe Cypherpunk Lineage and SatoshiWhy Bitcoin Endured
102Course
Internet Fundamentals
The network the blockchain runs on.
4 lessons·Foundation
NetworksNames and trust
103Course
TCP/IP Deep Dive
The protocol suite of the internet.
2 lessons·Foundation
The transport layer
104Course
Databases
The concept the blockchain generalizes.
4 lessons·Foundation
The database as institutionConsistency
105Course
Cryptography Foundations
The mathematics behind every claim.
4 lessons·Foundation
Symmetric and asymmetricSignatures
106Course
Hash Functions
The most-used cryptographic primitive.
4 lessons·Foundation
PropertiesStructures
107Course
Consensus
How independent parties agree on truth.
5 lessons·Foundation
The problemThe families
108Course
Distributed Systems
The discipline the blockchain sits inside.
3 lessons·Foundation
The vocabulary
109Course
Wallets
The user's interface to sovereignty.
6 lessons·Foundation
The instrumentOperational security
110Course
Nodes and Networks
The infrastructure of a blockchain.
3 lessons·Foundation
The nodeRunning a node
111Course
Digital Identity
Who you are on a public network.
3 lessons·Foundation
The problemThe instruments