Blockchain Basics

FUNiX

ABOUT THE COURSE!

This first course of the Blockchain Developer program provides a broad overview of the essential concepts of blockchain technology – by initially exploring the Bitcoin protocol followed by the Ethereum protocol – to lay the foundation necessary for developing applications and programming. You will be equipped with the knowledge needed to create nodes on your personal Ethereum blockchain, create accounts, unlock accounts, mine, transact, transfer Ethers, and check balances.

You will learn about the decentralized peer-to-peer network, an immutable distributed ledger and the trust model that defines a blockchain. This course enables you to explain basic components of a blockchain (transaction, block, block header, and the chain) its operations (verification, validation, and consensus model) underlying algorithms, and essentials of trust (hard fork and soft fork).

Main concepts are delivered through videos, demos and hands-on exercises.

COURSE INFORMATION

Course name: Blockchain Basics
Course credits: 3 (45 academic hours)
Time allocation: 6 weeks. Student should allocate at average of 2 hours/a day to complete the course.

COURSE OBJECTIVES

Understand the history, the main concepts, the architecture and the main principles of Blockchain technology
Understand the definitions, architecture and principles of Ethereum blockchain
Understand the security mechanism, the transaction validation, block validation, the immutability of data in blockchain
Understand the concept of trust, the rules and mechanism to build consensus in blockchain (Consensus)
Understand, setup and practice with Ethereum blockchain

COURSE STRUCTURE:

Module 1: Blockchain Defined

Lesson 1: Blockchain
Lesson 2: Bitcoin & Blockchain
Lesson 3: Blockchain Structure
Lesson 4: Basic Operations
Lesson 5: Beyond Bitcoin

Module 2: Ethereum Blockchain

Lesson 6: Smart Contracts
Lesson 7: Ethereum Structure
Lesson 8: Ethereum Operations
Lesson 9: Incentive Model

Assignment 1: Using CLI to interactive with blockchain platform

Module 3: Algorithms & Techniques

Lesson 10: Public-Key Cryptography
Lesson 11: Hashing
Lesson 12: Transaction Integrity
Lesson 13: Securing Blockchain

Module 4: Trust Essentials

Lesson 14: Decentralized Systems
Lesson 15: Consensus Protocol
Lesson 16: Robustness
Lesson 17: Forks

Assignment 2: Getting Started with Blockchain Ethereum

Assignment 3: Final ASM - Build and Transact on Private Ethereum Blockchain

HIGH RECOMMENDATIONS

To attain best result from the course, before enrollment, students should prepare knowledge and skills on:

One of high-level programming language like Java, Python...)
Object-oriented design and programming
Web applications (e.g: HTML and javascript): C#, Java, Python…

DEVELOPMENT TEAM

COURSE DESIGNER

Vũ Hồng Việt

More than 20 years working in software and solution development (company: CSC, FPT)
Speciallist in Intelligent Transportation Systems domain
FPT’s Technology Specialist
Profile online: https://fb.me/vuh0ngviet

Nguyễn Đức Minh Quân

FPT Information System – Solution Manager.
10 years working in software and solution development.
7 years R&D and deploy Intelligent Transportation Systems sulution, smart city solution
Regular Speaker in Vietnam Web Submit, Vietnam Mobile Day, FPT Tech Day, …
Profile online: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ducminhquan/

https://fb.me/ducminhquan

COURSE REVIEWER

Assoc. Prof., Ph.D. Truong Anh Hoang

Blockchain Lab Lead, UET, VNU Hanoi
Associate Professor, VNU University of Engineering and Technology since 2007
Ph.D dissertation defended in University of Bergen, Norway in 2006, after four years of study about type systems for abstract component languages
More than 15 years of experiences in software development, for mobile, Linux, Windows, and web platforms using C/C++, VB, C#, Python, JavaScript, among others in many companies including Punch Entertainment, Olivetti, Getronics, MITEC
Profile online: https://uet.vnu.edu.vn/~hoangta/

MOOC MATERIALS

Below is the list of all free massive open online learning sources (MOOC) used for this course by FUNiX: Blockchain Basics of the Blockchain Specialization offered by University At Buffalo and The State University of New York.

All open learning sources used in FUNiX training program are public, constantly updated and freely used. FUNiX is always willing to receive and discuss any comments, suggestions and responses related to our learning sources via email program@funix.edu.vn.