Course curriculum
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Welcome!
- About this course: Blockchain Certification Program - Business Consultant and Program Manager
- Curriculum Description: Business Consultant & Program Manager Certification Program
- Key pointers for success FREE PREVIEW
- Metrics for success: Achieving your Blockchain Certification FREE PREVIEW
- Instructor Bio: Drew Miller FREE PREVIEW
- Instructor Bio: Surag Sheth FREE PREVIEW
- Program Manager: Paul Siegel FREE PREVIEW
- A message from Paul Siegel (Program Manager - Support)
- Some added benefits
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Program Announcements and Notifications
- Announcement 001 - Slack Channel Notification
- Announcement 002 - Introductory Webinar (PDF) Available
- Announcement 003 - PPT of slides: Week 1, Session 1 (pdf format)
- Announcement 004 - PPT of slides: Week 1, Session 2 (pdf format)
- Announcement 005 - Technical readings are now marked "Optional"
- Announcement 006 - Recording of Week 1, Session 2 Available Now
- Announcement 007 - Week 2 Technical Video Available Now
- Announcement 008 - Blockchain Use Case For Review Added: Supply Chain / Warehouse Transaction
- Announcement 009 - Proof of Work and Merkle Tree Video Now Available
- Announcement 010 - Week 2, Session 1 Slides Available (in PDF)
- Announcement 011 - Blockchain Application Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis (PLEASE DOWNLOAD) (For use during Week 3)
- Announcement 012 - Metrics for Success REMINDER
- Announcement 013 - Blockchain Business Consultant & Program Manager - Content Review
- Announcement 014 - Software Installation Guide
- Announcement 015 - Content Review of Readings Available (Click here)
- Announcement 016 - Recording of Week 2, Sessions 1 & 2 Available Now
- Announcement 017 - Week 3, Day 1 - SLIDES (PDF) Available Now
- Announcement 018 - Week 3, Day 2 - SLIDES (PDF) + CALCULATOR (EXCEL) Available Now
- Announcement 018 - Week 3, Day 3 - SLIDES (PDF) Available Now
- Announcement 019 - Week 3, Day 4 - SLIDES (PDF) AND CASE Available Now
- Announcement 020 - Week 3, Day 5 - KEY POINTS AND FINAL REVIEW (PDF)
- Announcement 021 - Review of Classroom Blockchain Design Ideas
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Recordings (of Live Instruction)
- RECORDING: Kick-off Webinar - Week 1, Session 0
- RECORDING: Live Instruction - Week 1, Session 1
- RECORDING: Live Instruction - Week 1, Session 2
- RECORDING: Live Instruction - Week 2, Session 1
- RECORDING: Live Instruction - Week 2, Session 2
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Week 1 - READINGS
- Week 1 - Focus and Objectives
- READING 1: What is Blockchain
- READING 2a: What is Blockchain (1 Slide)
- READING 2b: Satoshi Bitcoin White Paper
- READING 2c: Bitcoin Founder (Probably an NSA Employee) (Optional)
- READING 3: Blockchain Glossary of Terms
- READING 4: The Truth About Blockchain - Harvard Business Review
- READING 5: Ethereum Guide 2019
- READING 6: Guide to Ethereum Blockchain Protocol
- READING 7: Ethereum Proof of Stake Changes
- TECHNICAL READING A: Discovering Bitcoin’s Public Topology and Influential Nodes (CoinScope) (2015)
- TECHNICAL READING B: Tampering with the Delivery of Blocks and Transactions in Bitcoin (2015)
- TECHNICAL READING C: Hijacking Bitcoin- Routing Attacks on Cryptocurrencies (2017)
- TECHNICAL READING D: An Empirical Study of Blockchain-based Decentralized Applications (2019)
- TECHNICAL READING E: Industry 4.0 - What Makes It A Revolution (2017)
- TECHNICAL READING F: Filecoin - A Cryptocurrency Operated File Storage Network
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Week 1 - VIDEOS
- VIDEO - PART 1: Blockchain Technology Foundations
- VIDEO - PART 2: Blockchain Technology Foundations
- VIDEO - PART 3: Blockchain Technology Foundations
- VIDEO - PART 4: Blockchain Technology Foundations
- VIDEO - PART 5: Blockchain Technology Foundations
- VIDEO - PART 6: Blockchain Technology Foundations
- TECHNICAL VIDEO A: Ethereum 101 FREE PREVIEW
- VIDEO ADDED - Proof of Work and Merkle Trees
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Week 2 - READINGS
- Week 2 - Focus and Objectives
- Reading 00: Blockchain Use Case For Supply Chain / Warehouse Transaction
- READING 8: Blockchain In Financial Services
- READING 9: Blockchain in Banking and Financial Services
- READING 10: Distributed Ledgers and Regulatory Compliance
- READING 11: Smith and Crown Security Token Overview
- READING 11b: Blockchain as Integrator
- READING 12: Blockchain in Pharmaceutical Manufacturing
- READING 13: Hyperledger - Case Study - ScanTrust and Coffee Beans
- READING 14: Potential for Blockchain Transforming Health Records HBR
- READING 15: BurstIQ Whitepaper on Blockchain and Medical Records
- READING 16: Blockchain and Digital Assets
- READING 17: What Smaller Companies and the Middle Market are doing with Blockchain
- READING 18: Whether_Blockchain_use case on medical insurance
- READING 19: Blockchain Technology in Energy
- READING 20: Blockchain and International Trade
- READING 21: Ethereum for Business Applications and Comparisons to HL Fabric
- TECHNICAL READING G: The State of Ethereum 2.0
- TECHNICAL READING H: Practical Byzantine Fault Tolerance
- TECHNICAL READING I: ChainLink
- TECHNICAL READING J: BigchainDB - A Scalable Blockchain Database
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Week 2 - VIDEOS
- VIDEO - PART 1: Blockchain Business Applications
- VIDEO - PART 2: Blockchain in Supply Chains
- VIDEO - PART 3: Blockchain in Banking & Financial Services
- VIDEO - PART 4: Blockchain in Real Estate / Digital Assets
- VIDEO - PART 5: Blockchain in Healthcare and Digital Identity
- VIDEO - PART 6: Other Blockchain Business Applications
- VIDEO - PART 7: Summary of Blockchain Business Applications
- TECHNICAL VIDEO B: Ethereum 102
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QUIZZES
- Week 1 Quiz - DUE SUNDAY, JUNE 9, 2019 (MIDNIGHT EDT)
- Week 2 Quiz - DUE SUNDAY, JUNE 16, 2019 (MIDNIGHT EDT)
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Week 3
- Week 3 - Focus and Objectives
- DOWNLOAD 001: Blockchain Application Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis (PLEASE DOWNLOAD) (For use during Week 3)
- READING 22: Estimating ROI of Blockchain Applications
- READING 23: Blockchain Interoperability
- READING 24: Blockchain Service Offerings for High Tech Industry_090718
- READING 25: Digital Empowers Report
- READING 26: How Blockchain is Poised to Revolutionize Digital-Customer-Experiences
- READING 27: Hyperledger - Case Study - Walmart and Food Safety with Blockchain
- READING 28: Innovating with Blockchain
- READING 29: Market Guide for Blockchain
- READING 30: Riding the Blockchain Wave for High Tech
- READING 31: 2018 Hyperldeger Fabric Performance
- READING 32: Hyperledger Architecture
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Week 3 - SLIDES (PDF) + EXCEL SHEETS ...
- Week 3, Day 1 - SLIDES (PDF)
- Week 3, Day 2 - SLIDES (PDF) + SPREADSHEET (EXCEL)
- Week 3, Day 3 - SLIDES (PDF)
- Week 3, Day 4 - SLIDES (PDF) + CASE
- Week 3, Day 5 - ADDED SLIDES, KEY POINTS AND FINAL REVIEW (PDF)