Blockchain Masterclass - DC

This is an intensive deep dive into blockchain and blockchain-related technologies applicable to tech and non-tech individuals. This is for individuals that are looking to understand the impact of blockchain to their careers or industries and want to formulate and understand potential risks and opportunities.

Blockchain is poised to be one of the most disruptive technologies to ever impact business. Cryptocurrencies notwithstanding, the breadth and depth of impact are breathtaking. This disruption is unfolding as we speak. Blockchain technologies are impacting industries and sectors globally and are poised to make sweeping changes - financials, banking, trading, supply chain, logistics, healthcare and more. Given this backdrop, a large number of executives and leaders are looking for ways to understand blockchain in a way that can help them identify risks and opportunities.

This is a "no fluff" course that delivers deep insights and knowledge and offers the chance for you to network with seasoned professionals and peers.

This course is specifically for people who wish to be technically savvy but don't want the "geek" speak - business executives and leaders that wish to forego the pie-in-the-sky hype and excessive technical jargon but instead get the facts that matter to make the decisions needed for short and long term.

Think of this course as management consulting minus the high fees. If you are looking to take a deep dive into the blockchain world and walk away with actionable next steps that can move your organization forward then this course is for you.

Who Should Attend
This course is an intensive deep dive into blockchain designed for non-technical people looking to develop a technical understanding of blockchain and its impact on their careers and industries. If you are an executive, manager, developer, devops, dev lead, entrepreneur, cryptocurrency or blockchain enthusiast and need structured and deep technical understanding of blockchain then this course is all you need.

The Chainhaus Certificate of Completion will be issued to all participants who attend and complete the course. The certificate and proof of it will be stored on blockchain, i.e. your certificate of completion will be registered on the Ethereum chain.

Course Materials Provided
Every student will be provided with a bound course book (approximately 100+ pages, 450 slides) and contact information for follow-up with the Professor for questions after the masterclass.

Minimum Learning Outcomes

• Bonus: How to launch a blockchain business or pivot your career into the blockchain space.
• Understand the business and value proposition of blockchain, enterprise distributed ledger technology
• Understand cryptography, hashing, public/private key, elliptic curve algorithms, cryptographic attack vectors
• The technical trade-offs and architectures leading up to the blockchain within the world of distributed computing. Including concepts like a peer-to-peer network, Byzantine Fault Tolerance, Byzantine General's Problem, Multi-phased commits, cache synchronization
• Open up the blockchain and peek under the hood: Blockchain data structures like blocks, chains, transactions, accounts, addresses - see how it all works and how it all fits together
• Understand consensus algorithms, what they are and why we need them, including algorithms like Proof of Work, Proof of Stake, Delegated Proof of Stake, Proof of Elapsed Time, Proof of Authority, RAFT, Hashgraph, Notary services
• Understanding the different blockchains and the varying value propositions and architectures: Bitcoin, Ethereum, HyperLedger Fabric, Hashgraph, EOS, NEO, NEM, Quorum, Corda, Ripple
• Understanding the HyperLedger suite: Fabric, Burrow, Indy, Iroha, Sawtooth and how it all fits together
• Understand blockchain topologies such as DAGs
• Smart contracts: What they are, how to write one, Solidity examples, use cases, OPCODE, auditing and attack vectors
• Understand the different asset tokenization strategies and how to create liquidity, fractionalization and distribution of tokenized assets.
• Understand the future and impact of quantum computing, quantum-resistant crypto and algorithms
• Become familiar with the future of blockchain & upcoming technologies: Casper, sharding, Ethereum Vyper, Homestead
• Explore the most popular blockchain use cases: Supply chain, real estate, trading, HFT, Fintech
• The mechanics of forks including hard, soft and software forks and how versioning is used to track it on the blockchain
• Understand the core issues around decentralized ID and identity management
• Learn how to launch an STO: Walk through an actually token offering on the blockchain and see how tokens are created, issued and tracked. Evaluate the technical architecture of an ICO, the process of issuing a coin, observing transactions on chain of ICO funds moving in and out of ICO wallets, real-life smart contract analysis
• Learn about token economics and how to use game theory and monte carlo simulations to predict token prices, identify risks and price out a token offering
• Bonus: Machine learning & Big data: Applying machine learning and big data concepts to blockchain

Please Note:

• Expect about 8 hours of instruction time that often goes past 5.30pm, heavy engagement, Q&A and student interaction.
• Bring a valid I.D. for building security