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Learner Reviews & Feedback for Blockchain Basics by University at Buffalo

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About the Course

This first course of the Blockchain specialization 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). Content includes the hashing and cryptography foundations indispensable to blockchain programming, which is the focus of two subsequent specialization courses, Smart Contracts and Decentralized Applications (Dapps). You will work on a virtual machine image, specifically created for this course, to build an Ethereum test chain and operate on the chain. This hands-on activity will help you understand the workings of a blockchain, its transactions, blocks and mining. Main concepts are delivered through videos, demos and hands-on exercises....

Top reviews

RH

May 4, 2019

The course is well designed to give you an overview of Blockchain and the basic concepts. What is Smart Contract and other various terminologies and how they play a role in the blockchain. Thanks

JB

May 30, 2021

Comprehensive and thorough introduction to blockchain concepts and protocol. Recommended for those with a casual interest in the subject as well as those interested in working in this space.

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By Munish K

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May 22, 2020

good course for the basic learning

By Shilpa S J

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Apr 3, 2020

It was a great learning experience

By Alexander W

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Jul 9, 2018

Great intro with interesting links

By Pranil B

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Jul 16, 2020

Great beginner friendly course,

By Pallavi P N

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Jun 9, 2020

Thanku For the wonderful course

By Himalaya s

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Apr 9, 2022

expect more indept information

By Prathish G

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Jun 21, 2021

really good course to study...

By Raj F

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Jul 26, 2020

great work,Its a good course.

By Nawsheen T P

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Jul 23, 2020

A good one to start.Cheers !!

By Harshit S

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May 29, 2020

Great course! Worth learning.

By Rich F

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Oct 1, 2018

Great course. Well laid out.

By Roberto S

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Jun 12, 2023

nice and clear introduction

By ARUNA A

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Aug 7, 2020

It's good and useful course

By parth

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Jul 14, 2020

good course for beginners..

By Thierry G

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Apr 9, 2020

More emphasis on the basics

By Joseph M

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Oct 7, 2018

Good overview of blockchain

By Anand P

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Sep 3, 2018

Good Course understood well

By Sidharth P

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Aug 2, 2018

Good for knowing the basics

By Deleted A

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Aug 21, 2020

Great Course and resources

By Vikram G

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May 13, 2020

IT WAS A NICE EXPERIENCE!!

By Syed A J

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Oct 11, 2018

Well explained everything.

By SAKSHAM G

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Feb 5, 2022

good course for beginners

By Deleted A

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Apr 15, 2020

the course is excellent!!

By Jamal F

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Nov 14, 2022

Really good introduction

By SAMPAT K G

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Apr 25, 2020

Great for a beginners!!