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Blockchain Essentials

This document provides information on a Blockchain for Business Certificate program offered through Cornell Tech. The 4-course certificate program teaches participants about blockchain technology and its applications for business. Students will learn the mechanics of blockchain and cryptocurrency, cryptography essentials, blockchain fundamentals, and real-world business applications of blockchain technology. The goal is for participants to understand how blockchain can solve business problems and propose a blockchain application for their own organization. The program is designed for business and technology professionals seeking to learn blockchain fundamentals and their implications for various industries.

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Blockchain Essentials

This document provides information on a Blockchain for Business Certificate program offered through Cornell Tech. The 4-course certificate program teaches participants about blockchain technology and its applications for business. Students will learn the mechanics of blockchain and cryptocurrency, cryptography essentials, blockchain fundamentals, and real-world business applications of blockchain technology. The goal is for participants to understand how blockchain can solve business problems and propose a blockchain application for their own organization. The program is designed for business and technology professionals seeking to learn blockchain fundamentals and their implications for various industries.

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Blockchain for Business Certificate

Blockchain has recently become synonymous with cryptocurrency, but its applications go far beyond financial
transactions. Companies in every industry are just now beginning to understand how to apply blockchain-based
solutions to solve business problems. In this certificate series, you will delve into the world of blockchain technology
and its cryptographic underpinnings to demystify the technology and the promise it holds for business. Learning
from world-renowned blockchain experts from Cornell Tech, you will begin by studying how cryptocurrencies like
Bitcoin make use of the blockchain to facilitate peer-to-peer digital transactions. Then, with a solid understanding
of the mechanics of the Bitcoin blockchain protocol, you will discover the problems blockchain technologies aim to
solve and determine how they can support your business goals. Ultimately, you will walk away with a proposal for an
application of blockchain technology in your organization.

Inside the Program Who Should Enroll


• Certificate consists of 4 two-week courses • Business leaders
• Courses include multiple choice quizzes, instructor- • Technology leaders, including CTOs
moderated discussions, and a final project to practice • Entrepreneurs
what you’ve learned in a real-world context
• Developers and software engineers interested in
• Opportunities for collaboration and networking with learning blockchain fundamentals
fellow students both during and after your courses
• Anyone seeking to develop a greater understanding
• Course materials available 24/7 during the two-week of blockchain and cryptocurrency
course and a third week to review the content
• Plan to spend 3-5 hours per week on each course
What You’ll Earn:
• Blockchain for Business Certificate from Cornell Tech
What You’ll Learn: • 32 Professional Development Hours (PDHs)
• Learn the mechanics of blockchain technology
• Understand applications and implications of
blockchain for your business Total Investment
• Identify key problems blockchain technology solves • $3,600 with monthly payment options available
and how it solves them • 2 months to complete all the courses
• Discover the cryptographic underpinnings of
blockchains
• Articulate the capabilities and practical application
of blockchains/digital ledgers To learn more, visit:
• Propose how digital signatures can be used in
eCornell.com/Blockchain
business applications
• Determine how blockchain technologies can
support your business goals

CHAT
info@ecornell.com • (866) 326-7635 or (607) 330-3200 outside the USA • eCornell.com
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Blockchain for Business Certificate Courses
Cryptocurrencies and Ledgers (CTECH201) Blockchain Fundamentals (CTECH203)
Since the advent of the internet, programmers have Variations of blockchain technology have existed for
been trying to figure out how to create a [digital] world decades, but the recent hype is the result of a new kind
in which people anywhere - even complete strangers of blockchain, one that distributes the responsibility
- can transact directly with one another safely and of verifying transactions and thereby making it more
efficiently. In this course, you will explore the mechanics secure, transparent, and enduring. This course will
of blockchain technology and how the blockchain acts teach you to understand the differences between
like a trusted third party. the blockchain technology of today and the former,
• Examine the design of a cryptocurrency to less accessible and less transparent blockchains of
understand the function of blockchains decades past.
• Understand how bitcoin makes use of blockchains • Know what properties a public ledger must have in
order to be useful for financial applications
• Analyze the opportunities and challenges of a
Cryptography Essentials (CTECH202)
permissionless blockchain
This course will walk you through the basics of
cryptography: how information has historically been
disguised (encrypted) and revealed (decrypted) using Applications of Blockchain Technology (CTECH204)
mathematics. Ultimately you will know exactly how This course provides you with the tools to discern the
information on the blockchain is secured, legitimized, applicability of blockchain technology to your business
and authenticated without needing a third party to model. Ultimately you will walk away with the ability
verify it. to answer one important question: Does your business
• Know how to tell whether a blockchain is backed need a blockchain?
by solid cryptographic building blocks to avoid bad • Explore how smart contracts are currently being
business decisions used today
• Demystify how digital signatures prove origin of a • Analyze use cases for which smart contracts hold
message on the internet and thus provide a way to promise
safely transfer any asset

CHAT
info@ecornell.com • (866) 326-7635 or (607) 330-3200 outside the USA • eCornell.com
NOW

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