Blockchain for Developers

• A prior knowldege of programming is high recommended
• Knowledge of javascript frameworks like NodeJS is high recommended
• Some experience with Linux/Unix environment is preferred
• Good to have an open source technology exposure

This course has been designed for developers and project managers who would like to experiment with Blockchain in their products and projects. The course gives a basic know how on how to set up your private blockchain environment and throws light on some of the existing frameworks.

Introduction to Blockchain

• History and Background
• Companies using Blockchain
• Introdution to Bitcoin, Ethereum and Hyperledger
• Centralized v/s Decentralized v/s Distributed Networks
• Real Time Challenges

Bitcoin and Why are they Important

• History and Background
• Characteristics
• Transactions
• Mining
  • Hashing and Dual Key Encryption
  • Proof of Work
  • Merkle Tree
  • CPU v/s GPU mining
• Consensus

Ethereum

• Brief Background
• Technologies Behind
• Smart Contracts
• DAO
• Ether - The upcoming cryptocurrency

Blockchain for Development

• Ethereum Virtual Machine
• Introdution to Solidty
• Usage of Solidity IDE
• Setting up your first private Ethereum Network
  • go-ethereum
  • Genesis File
  • Solc Compiler
  • Remix IDE
• Connecting Nodes to Network
• Greeter
• Web3 Framework

Conclusion