Blockchain for Business

Catalog description

In this course, students master the essential and foundational technologies of blockchain. Students apply blockchain technologies to multiple business use-cases in sectors across several industries such as governance, finance, education, and healthcare. They use permissioned (private) and permissionless (public) blockchain services. The course engages the learner to apply immutable transaction ledger design to achieve triple-ledger accounting. Students engage in hands-on labs building blockchain use-cases. Activities include writing chaincode (Smart Contracts); creating blockchain business network participants, identities, and access control; coding a client application, as well as designing queries and events; building an interactive front end; and exploring the utility of blockchain deployment.